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The biggest communities in which young people now reside are online communities. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#communities #now #online #people #reside

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#belief #community #corrupt #cynical #existence

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities - brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#disguised #faced #great #insoluble #insoluble problems

Cuba is like going to a whole other planet. It's so different but it's so similar to the United States, to Miami. It's like a doppelgaenger. It's the mirror image. And I have no doubt, that once Cuba becomes democratic, that it will be the favorite tourist destination for Americans. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#cuba #democratic #destination #different #doubt

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.' ↗

— Melinda Gates

#constantly #i #i was born #lucky #myself

First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#african #african american #american #behavior #behavioral

It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension between them is inevitable. What we, the black middle class have to do, is think of a strategy to avert that. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#avert #between #black #class #inevitable

The leader of Iran made one of the most repugnant remarks the international community has heard since Adolf Hitler. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#community #heard #hitler #international #international community

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away. ↗

— Doug Larson

#knocks #most #opportunity #opportunity knocks #quietly

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence. ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

#business #illusion #innocence #must #other