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Showing posts with label community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community. Show all posts
If you tell people to live together,
you tell them to quarrel.
~ African Proverb [17193]
If you tell people to live together,
you tell them to quarrel.
~ African Proverb [17193]
No man is an island.
~ English Proverb, American [18888]
No man is an island.
~ English Proverb, American [18888]
Made famous by the poet John Donne, his words have been repeated for centuries. Joan Baez reads the immortal poem from Meditation 17 - Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions:
This well-known assessment of the individual's need for community has been portrayed through literature, film and music.
A 1962 film of the same name is the true story of George Tweed, an American Navy radioman stranded on Japanese-occupied Guam during WWII. It portrays just how dependent one is on his connection to others to survive and maintain a sense of normalicy.
Another film portraying the cruelty of an individual's isolation is Tom Hank's 'Cast Away.' Humans are a social creature and this scene shows the extent one goes through to overcome the sense of loneliness and despair that comes from extended isolation.
16, POTD, Proverb of the Day,
We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.
~ Native American Proverb, Shawnee [19202]
We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.
~ Native American Proverb, Shawnee [19202]
(of the Apollo 17 crew). [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
~ African Proverb [17378]
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
~ African Proverb [17378]
[GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0],
via Wikimedia Commons
Hillary Rodham Clinton's book, 'It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us', 1996, is based on this well-known African proverb. The essential premise is that teachers, police, church leaders, babysitters, day care workers, and a host of community members have an influence, both good and bad, on the parenting of a child.
The proverb is believed to have originated from the Nigerian Igbo culture, but has been found in common usage throughout most of Africa.
Notable Use:
A variation was said in the 2013 Golden Globe Awards (1/13/2013):
"It take a village to raise this very demented child."
~ Lena Dunham during her acceptance speech for "Girls"
Share and share alike.
~ Old English Proverb [18285]
Share and share alike.
~ Old English Proverb [18285]
ALTERNATE VERSIONS:
ORIGIN and HISTORY: Originally from Old English dialect, this proverb has carried throughout the century. It is currently found in every English speaking country, with variations throughout most European languages.
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Honor the house in which you were born,
the tree that gave you shade,
& the village where you were raised.
~ Swedish Proverb [16992]
Honor the house in which you were born,
the tree that gave you shade,
& the village where you were raised.
~ Swedish Proverb [16992]
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