Community : (50) " I’m from downtown New Orleans. Downtown consists of the 7th ward, the 8th ward, the 9th ward. " - August Alsina " What I’m trying to do as an Australian is to say to people, ‘You’ve got to go back out to Australia,’ because there are rural communities that really rely upon tourism to continue to go. " - John Torode " I love being a part of the country-music community. " - Taylor Swift " You need a community to succeed. In the back of every book is an acknowledgments page full of all the people it took to get that writer to the book you’re holding. " - Tomi Adeyemi " I think Chris Morris’s stuff really got me. You felt like you were part of a special gang. " - Katy Wix " We must work together to strengthen Jerusalem as a modern, open capital and to foster welcoming, inclusive communities across the Jewish world. It is vital to the health and vibrancy of the global Jewish future and to ensuring a strong Israel. " - Lynn Schusterman " I think when people begin to tell their stories, everything changes, because not only are you legitimised in the telling of your story and are you found, literally, like you matter, you exist in the telling of your story, but when you hear your story be told, you suddenly exist in community and with others. " - Eve Ensler " Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community. " - Jill Scott " So, the concept was a single-stage festival, and I open and close the festival to encourage people to stay for all of the other artists. " - Porter Robinson " I represent a rural state and live in a small town. Small merchants make up the majority of Vermont’s small businesses and thread our state together. It is the mom-and-pop grocers, farm-supply stores, coffee shops, bookstores and barber shops where Vermonters connect, conduct business and check in on one another. " - Peter Welch