Quotes About Diversity

But when states are acquired in a country differing in language, customs, or laws, there are difficulties, and good fortune and great energy are needed to hold them, and one of the greatest and most real helps would be that he who has acquired them should go and reside there.

Nothing is crowded, although infinite functions are available.

A language brings with it a mass of perceptions, clichés, judgements and inspirations.

Culture, of course, is an extremely vague word, covering everything from the shaping of hand-axes to corporate mission statements, as well as the finer appreciation of the sonnets of Shakespeare and the paintings of Hokusai;

over half the languages in the world, for example, have fewer than five thousand speakers, and over a thousand languages have under a dozen.

From the language point of view, the present population of the world is not six billion, but something over six thousand.

Languages change, as they pass from the lips of one generation to the next, but there is nothing about this process of transmission which makes for decay or extinction. Like life itself, each new generation can receive the gift of its language afresh. And so it is that languages, unlike any of the people who speak them, need never grow infirm, or die. Every language has a chance of immortality, but this is not to say that it will survive for ever.

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.

We have a generation of black actors playing leading roles on film and TV - Idris Elba, Chiwetel Ejiofor - which is great and is breaking the mould.

I feel, as an actor, you should be in a position to mould yourself into different characters and should have the ability to change.

I know I'm different and I don't fit in to any kind of generic mould.

I only like playing people who are completely different from me. I try to mould myself into that character.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band.

I love all music, but when I am on the mountain, I listen to a lot of Nas, Drake, 2 Pac, etc.

The equality of men and women is not possible because both are different. A mountain is a mountain, and a river is a river.

I love all of the ecosystems - mountains, deserts, rainforests. They're beautiful, and nature has so many different flavors to it.

I played in rhumba bands, mickey mouse bands; all kinds of bands.

I grew up with the idea that someone might hate you if they knew what religion you were; being afraid to open my mouth because my accent might make people think something about me. Or even if they didn't, would they understand me?

Everyone likes different things. Not everyone's the same. Not everyone runs their mouth. Not everyone can fight.

If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.

I was always curious about the anxiety a person would feel when you open your mouth and you have an accent. You could have a Ph.D. or be a lawyer, but as soon as you say something, you may be diminished in the eyes of someone else.