Isabel Allende

In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in my head and I live in that village, and it's true. When I start writing a book, characters from previous books reappear. All my emotions, my mind, my heart, my dreams, everything becomes connected with a new book, and nothing else really matters.

Chilean Writer

Jimmy Cliff

It was one of my dreams as a child, growing up in my little village with my cousins. We used to walk together, and I used to say, when you look at the world map, 'This town is there, that town is there, that river is there.' I used to say, 'One day, I'm going to travel these places.

Jamaican Musician

Zhou Qunfei

In the village where I grew up, a lot of girls didn't have a choice of whether to go to middle school. They would get engaged or married and spend their entire life in that village.

Chinese Businesswoman

Hima Das

I used to play everything, but people in my village said football is in my blood because my father has been a footballer.

Indian Athlete

Irina Shayk

I was born and raised in a small village, and I didn't even think I was especially pretty.

Russian Model

Gina Bellman

I love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village.

New Zealander Actress

John Grierson

The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs.

British Director

Gaby Hoffmann

I had a world of people raising me; it was like a little village.

American Actress

Jodie Sweetin

My daughters all have aunties who help out. It takes a village.

James Wolfensohn

The notion of the world as a village is becoming a reality.

Australian Businessman

A 'village' is typically smaller than a 'town' or 'city' and has a close-knit community.

Size Implication

'Village' often implies a pastoral, countryside setting, not an urban one.

Rural Setting

In some cultures, a 'village' may be the central place for local traditions and social events.

Cultural Significance

Some urban areas are called 'villages' because they retain a sense of small community life.

Urban Villages

'Village' within a city often connotes charm and a pleasant, slower pace of life.

Charming Connotation

These 'villages' have distinct identities, separate from the larger city they're in.

Distinct Identity

 independence but we didn't show up just to help Daniel right it's how do you make this how do you make this bigger how do you have many people so we didn't have a lot of time left but we started to teach some of the locals in his village how to how to use these printers and I I started to teach them and they

Making the impossible...

 pretty much across the country headwaters like this were straightened up put into into deep ditches drainage networks were set up so that any rain which got away from here as fast as possible and of course that means downstream of here if you live in a village or something then you get that

Wild Beavers Return...

 year from the local market and this food is grown by the local communities so we're not only supporting bears but we're also helping to support local villages and local communities it's about keeping them stimulated it's about keeping them interested and enriched

Feeding 39 Hungry Moon...

 community of outcasts the men and women at this funeral have been banished from their home villages forced to give up everything they've known in the world poems families friends all because they've been accused of being witches in

Witches of Ghana PIPE...

 and build homes. Farming and food surpluses led to the division of labor. This is still thousands of years ago, so life wasn't easy. But with so many people contributing to the community, small villages began to develop.

How farming planted...

 He doesn't want the cubs killed but keeps to his promise to inform the village. These two young lions are very important to to your conservancy. But if these lions kill any of your livestock,

Lions Hunting Donkeys PIPE...

 He doesn't want the Cubs killed, but keeps to his promise to inform the village. These two young lions are very important to your conservancy, but if these lions kill any of your livestock

Young Lions Kill Donkeys...

 And so we had, as was the norm, live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages. So, the year I turned eight, we got a new house boy. His name was Fide.

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 appears to be an important venue for elephant family reunions andrea is beginning to understand why the bayaka call this place the village of elephants

Elephant Family Reunion...

 the men from the village in a state of trance rush down from the temple waving their swords to attack rangda and protect the baron