Kenya Barris Quotes

Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.

'96 is the year of love. We all need to pull together.

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

In times of crisis, I always believe one should be where the people are.

I would like that no citizen of the state feels alone and helpless. The entire nation is with them.

That's my message: I'm not alone, and neither is anyone else.

I want our fans to feel like I'm here with them. We're here together. We're going to lose together. We're going to win together.

your not alone, Tally. Don't pretend you are

We're stronger and braver TOGETHER. Do not let this world and this narcissistic culture make competitors out of the very people who are meant to be your comrades in arms.

Two of the most powerful words you can hear someone say are ‘me too.’

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.

I can't imagine a society with absolutely no solidarity. For me, it's a nightmare. And I don't want to live in a place like that.

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.

Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.

There can be hope only for a society which acts as one big family, not as many separate ones.

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering.

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.

I would have liked to be on the streets of Manhattan during 9/11. My working theory is that people are much kinder to each other in times of trauma than we tend to portray in our stories.

There's a sense of aliveness that comes from connection, shared experience. And you see it in every place. You see it when ball players jump up and down, gather at home plate, hugging, and it's not just because they're winning, it's that shared moment, that feeling of - we enter the world alone, we leave alone.

The 'movement' is paramount, the concept of 'family' is the symbol we wish to project.

I remain close to my people. I keep singing with them.