Quotes About Diversity

America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.

Haven't you always been more than yourself? Haven't we all? We are none of us just one thing.

Nothing was just one thing; there were worlds within worlds. Those of us who trod the line between were blessed and burdened with both.

There are never just two choices. That is a lie to keep you from thinking too deeply.

When you reduce life to black and white, you never see rainbows.

And here I arrive at my point. The point is that everyone has a different dream. The point is that it is a grave mistake to assume your dream is in any way shared, that it's a common dream. Not only is it not shared, not common, there is no reason to assume that other people don't find you and your dream utterly revolting.

Instead of imposing narrow and arbitrary definitions of Blackness on one another and alienating those who do not measure up, create spaces that allow people to be Black in their own way so they can contribute to our collective advancement.

I'm not just a Strong Black Woman; I'm a Real Human Being with strengths and vulnerabilities, hopes and fears, standards and contradictions.

Everyone's got their own way of loving. There's no such thing as 'supposed to

We're each a part of the body of Christ—some of us are eyes with the gift of vision, others are feet with the ability to mobilize into action. The eyes can't move without the feet. The feet don't know where to head without the eyes. We're each gifted to meet the others' needs.

she's sad a lot. She's sad in the way Laura wears glasses and Max has freckles and Beth is retarded. There's no reason, it's just the way it is.

Every person—including you—has been given a gift by God. Every gift is of immense value, no matter how it might compare to someone else's gifts. No one got a cheap or valueless gift from God. Every gift has the capacity to multiply (and is meant to do so). The gifts are essentially "on loan," meant to be stewarded.

That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.

I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world.

He's got two. Different mamas, of course. Six months apart. They're the cutest little things. Spittin' image of their daddy. You should see them.

Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

In his view, an Indian peasant and an English monarch were equal as human beings. For Marx and Anderson, on the other hand, some races are superior, others inferior

Sikh and Muslim Punjabis, Pashtuns and Gurkhas joined the British in the slaughter

Recruit new soldiers for the Empire's armies from rural Punjab but underscore every recruit's distinct religion and caste

Muslim preponderance in the police and the army' would be hit.

Sikhs and Punjabi Muslims mainly, but also Dogras and Gurkhas, had enlisted on the Empire's behalf.)

My proposition for a regiment of ten companies is four of Sikhs, two of Hill Rajputs, two of Punjabi Mohammedans, two of Pathans. In Peshawar, if you like, you might have a third of Pathans.

All were free, the commissioner declared—Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Christians—to observe their own religious and social customs, but none would be permitted to meddle with those of their neighbours.