Mary Pilon Quotes

A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all these experiences and never say hello to anyone new. And one of the things that all religions do is take groups of strangers into a space and say it is OK to talk to each other.

We all learn from each other, and I never really hung out with guys in that way, so I missed out.

It was through cooking food and sharing it with each other that our ancestors learned how to become social animals.

Buses and subways are this remarkable social club. You talk to people you wouldn't normally talk to.

When you are in an international camp, you are together for 10 days. You eat three times a day together. You spend a lot of time in each other's company. That 10 days is very important, and I think even times for training, times when you eat, meetings, this that and the other, a lot has got to change in that camp.

That's the great things about games as social experiences. You play with all your friends across social groups. You see young girls as well as young boys playing. These are kids in school, people in offices, in pubs, all having fun together.

We're kind of influenced by all the different people we meet.

All animals communicate. What's special about gossip is that it's not about the here and now. You don't gossip about lions. You don't gossip about clouds. You only gossip about other people. And once you do, you can keep track of many more people - this is the basis for forming larger communities.

People are so much more interested in making connections, and finding common ground, and sharing experiences than sometimes their governments are.

I connect with just plain old everyday people. Human behavior fascinates me, the people who are the nuts and bolts of this country who help hold up the world.

It's always been very important for me to be surrounded by people. It's never been enough for me to be successful alone. I want to be around people my own age who are also doing things I can learn from.

My parents were very, very good about not separating us as kids from their adult friends. So on any given night, we'd have, like, this kind of freak show - artists and art dealers coming over. And these are the people I feel like I learned from.

Our species likes being social.

Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.

With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things.

I like the idea of bringing people together and making great entertainment.

People need to seek out some diversity in their life. One of my friends is a pig farmer in Michigan, and even she has black friends. She's in the middle of nowhere - the closest airport is, like, three hours away - and she manages to connect with black people.

Be in community, go out to dinner together, do things together. We lose that, we lose a lot. It's important to come together.

People need meeting places. You need places where ideas get exchanged and you see each other's faces once in a while.

When you act, you take on the attitudes and the emotions of others. There has to be a release. Most often done in conviviality. That's why there are clubs like the Players, the Friars - in London, the Garrick.

I remember in grade school having a group of friends and enjoying that sense of community, enjoying living in an imaginary world that wasn't just by yourself or your sibling but a whole group of people.

Food is kind of the conduit that brings people together.

I call it 'The Breakfast Club' philosophy. There's something about being trapped in a dire situation with a group of people that you would never normally be trapped with.

Art makes people smile, brings people together.

I hope to use food as a way to connect with people.