Quotes About Diversity

I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.

With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you're comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard.

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history.

We want to pigeonhole things and people, but it is absurd to regard me just as a furry wig-and-britches actor.

The garden is a living, pulsing, singing, scratching, warring, erotic, and generally rowdy thing. I may find peace in its midst, but I regard it as a whole with many parts, a plural organism.

One of the unique features of China is that, notwithstanding the fact that it has a population of 1.3 billion, around 92% regard themselves as Han Chinese. This is quite different from the world's other most populous countries, such as India, the U.S. and Indonesia, which are ethnically diverse.

The universe is large and old, and the ingredients for life as we know it are everywhere, so there's no reason to think that Earth would be unique in that regard. Whether of not the life became intelligent is a different question, and we'll see if we find that.

I didn't know what gay was until I lived in New York for 10 years. You know, I was just underexposed in that regard.

I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard.

I regard myself as an international man, a citizen of the earth.

At Manchester City, the women are not second-class citizens in any regard. We are treated exactly the same way - it's a level playing field.

I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself.

Asian-Americans are still regarded as 'other' by many of their fellow-citizens.

Britain went to war in 1939 in the name of freedom and democracy, but fielded armies within whose ranks were black and brown men who were regarded and often treated as second-class citizens.

I had multiple circles of friends around the world. Some circles were really wild and I was affectionately known by them as 'the nerdy one.' And, with other friends, I was regarded as the wild one.

It's one thing to be chosen to play Dr. Aziz, but to play Christ, which is traditionally regarded as a blond and blue-eyed part, was a great thing.

A lot of newsrooms have thought very carefully about how they cover race. I don't think the same conversations have gone on regarding women.

I understand the sensitivity of issues regarding women in the military.

I think I would like to work with Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta and Sushmita Sen. Imagine how strong would that be if a film is made regarding women's empowerment starring them.

Regarding scripts and projects, I've always been open to reading all sorts of genres and never closing myself off to one, because you never know what you might find.

I envision a world where everyone can lead healthy and productive lives, regardless of who they are or where they live.

If you have an adversary, an opponent with an opposing point of view, give that person a platform, regardless of how extreme it may be.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

If you're a black person in America, it's really hard to avoid being black. And what I mean is that the reality of your cultural history, regardless of whether or not you talk about it, it's there.