Quotes About Diversity

We still tell each other that we are lucky to be alive, when our being alive has almost nothing to do with luck, but with geography, pigmentation, and international exchange rates.

They had far more in common than either realised. One was born Catholic, the other Protestant. One was born Irish, the other British. But neither was the greatest difference between them. One was born rich and the other poor.

The English possessed as many words for stealing as the Irish had for seaweed or guilt.

Two identical heads rose from the heap of fur. Firestar's ears pricked with curiosity. He had never seen cats like these before. Their slender bodies were cream-colored, but their legs, tails, ears, and muzzles were brown, and they had the most brilliant blue eyes he had ever seen.

He's a remarkable dog," said Lucky. "And he proved something to me. There are different forms of strength. You don't need to be just like everyone else to succeed in this world.

It doesn't matter which of Whitewing's kits is the one. There are still three of us!

There's no normal. Not anymore.

But who exactly wanted you to look beyond the obvious choices?

I've been thinking about what you said yesterday, he says. About my unique qualities and talents and all that. You're right. I am unique and talented. And you're unique, too. We're both unique. Everyone is unique. In a way, I say. But unique just means unique. It doesn't mean good.

Jsme Norové a jsme všichni divní. A protože všichni jsou divní, je svým zp?sobem normální být divný, proto záv?r zní, že nikdo z nás není divný. Jsme jen Norové.

The essence of beauty is in variety and surprise, in richness, ambiguity, and intricacy of detail.

None of that had changed, or could be changed by anything as inconsequential as her gender, or skin color, or sexual orientation.

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Richard K. Morgan. Stephen King. Orson Scott Card. Terry Pratchett. Terry Brooks. Bester, Bradbury, Haldeman, Heinlein, Tolkien, Vance, Gibson, Gaiman, Sterling, Moorcock, Scalzi, Zelazny. I

That's because most gunters are male, and they can't accept the idea that a woman has beaten and/or outsmarted them.

I understood her, trusted her, and loved her as a dear friend. None of that had changed, or could be changed by anything as inconsequential as her gender, or skin color, or sexual orientation.

I understood her, trusted her, and lover her as a dear friend. None of that had changed, or could be changed by anything as inconsequential as her gender, or skin color, or sexual orientation.

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Are you telling me that I have to spend the last hour of my life surrounded by a bunch of fucking Hobbits, Z?

Passion was passion and love was love, regardless of who the participants involved were, or what sort of body they were assigned at birth.

As we continued to talk, going through the motions of getting to know each other, I realized that we already did know each other, as well as any two people could. We'd known each other for years, in the most intimate way possible. We'd connected on a purely mental level. I understood her, trusted her, and loved her as a dear friend. None of that had changed, or could be changed by anything as inconsequential as her gender, or skin color, or sexual orientation.

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.

The old debate on whether or not the Chinese or the Vietnamese made the best American food ran through my head. Everyone knew that you couldn't depend on a North American–run place, because gringos just aren't good at such things.

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.