Quotes About Diversity

I grew up in an area of Ireland where there weren't many black or mixed-race children. But I never had any hassle; maybe I've blocked it out, but I don't think so.

Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.

Born in Russia, forged in Ireland, they don't make them like this anymore.

I'm intrigued by my own schizoid background which involves Scotland, Ireland and London.

I used to have an Australian accent for school and an Irish accent for home.

Irish Americans are no more Irish than Black Americans are Africans.

My mom is Filipino and my dad is half Russian and half Irish.

When I'm in L.A., I'm part of the Irish community out there, and I just love it.

I am an Irish person. I'm an Irishman, but I'm also an Ulsterman.

The most shocking fact about Summer Bay is not that it looks so much like Brittas Bay. It is that it seems to be almost exclusively populated with Irish people.

I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of Scottish, a bit of Irish.

I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced.

I'm actually more German than Scottish. I'm half-Japanese, 25 percent German, 12 percent Scottish, and 12 percent Irish.

I love the fact that Inuit poetry may resonate with me as much as Irish.

All my people are from Ireland. I was born in Manchester, but I am Irish.

I had quite a scattered childhood. I was Irish in London, because I had my secondary school education there. I never really fitted anywhere. I didn't feel it was a negative thing, and I was never made to feel different - I just knew I was.

I've always been fond of my heritage, particularly my Irish heritage. But I'm also from all over the world.

U2 and Sinead O'Connor - I haven't a clue why we're compared to them. Apart from us all being Irish, we've nothing in common.

The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.

There's a lot of Irish in London and have been for years - they're very much a part of the city.

I am half Bengali and half Irish by birth.

My mom's family was 100 percent Irish, in the American way of being Irish, and then my dad was half Irish.