Let there be a small country with few people . . . Though neighboring communities overlook one another and the crowing of cocks and barking of dogs can be heard, Yet the people there may grow old and die without ever visiting one another. – Lao-Tzu
Being in a pageant is not just about beauty. Its more about service to the community and being a role model and making a difference. Its being proud of your city. Its all what you put into it… – Chantel Giamanco
The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contraditory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of potential knowers… of all men to the extent that they know. – Allan Bloom
I decided to take God and organized religion seriously, and to reject the secular life which in my teens had looked attractive because it allowed me to act in any way that I wanted. – Luke Ford
If you dont have integrity, you have nothing. You cant buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing. – Henry Kravis
I certainly cant speak for all cultures or all societies, but its clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. Its not part of the cultural mainstream. – Mark Strand
