Quotes About Stereotype

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

I don't know if it's how I speak or what it is about me that presents that sort of label, but I don't know how many times I have to be out in public with a girlfriend to stop that from being said.

I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.

I think the press gets lazy once a certain kind of image is out there. It just adheres, rather than the press trying to break that down.

People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.

The white man, in his press, is going to identify me with 'hate.'

So we've never had a President of the United States ask anything of black citizens. And I think the reason for that is they've all felt that if they presume to do that, that they would be stigmatized as racist.

Ed Miliband is obviously a mild guy. I don't expect him to pretend to be a pugilist.

Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.

They used to say a woman would never main-event a pay-per-view. I'm pretty sure I heard that from my dad.

If you think because I'm a pretty girl I can't mow a lawn, I'm offended.

I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.

I want to get past the Playboy image and really develop myself as an actress, a dancer and a singer.

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

I'm such a blonde. It just doesn't make sense for me to have dark hair.

I am looked at as an African American guy because of the color of my skin. I am darker.

I've beaten two of the best players in the world, and if that doesn't say that women can't play darts I don't know what can.

Those who used to ask my father to be ashamed of himself for training us in wrestling now say they wish they have daughters like me.

I don't think anyone's ever thought I was a drug dealer.

For decades, there has been this assumption that children played and adults didn't. That's rubbish.

People automatically think that because you attack, you can't defend. Not true.

At 21, I'm too young to be considered just a defensive outfielder.

If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.

I'm not much of a numbers guy, and yet that's the way I'm defined a lot.