Quotes About Diversity

When I was 5, 'American Bandstand' had a lot of good artists on there, man. That's when I really started falling in love with the jams: Gladys Knight & the Pips, Patti LaBelle, Bootsy Collins, Parliament.

When I was a little bitty kid, I was listening to the stuff my parents were listening to. My mom was a huge Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige fan. My dad had a cover band that I sang with, and he loved Parliament, Prince, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton, the blues, James Brown.

Simple people can bring very good knowledge to Parliament because they know the ground.

The Parliamentary Labour Party is a crucial and very important part of the Labour party, but it is not the entirety of the Labour Party.

How can any person with a myopic view and harbouring intense parochial attitude even think of leading the nation?

Before, gay portrayals in the media were so limiting, like a caricature of a homo. A parody almost.

I was motivated to be different in part because I was different.

I want to do all kinds of roles. It's a part and parcel of my job.

We need to move towards a truly just and equitable society by... making sure that every Canadian - whether they're living in long-term care or they're working part-time or they're students or they're Black or they're Indigenous - whatever their circumstances, can live in dignity and security.

The black community has always been a fan of horror films, but in terms of the participants, they've been few and far between.

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.

If you look back at the great classics and the epics and myths, they were for everyone. Different people got different things from them, but everyone was invited to participate.

Girls who participate in Black Girls Code think of themselves as leaders.

More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.

No group of our citizens can be denied the right to participate in the opportunities of first-class citizenship.

We are, as a Democratic Party, really highlight and emphasize inclusiveness and diversity at our convention, and so we want to give every opportunity to grass-roots activists and diverse committed Democrats to be able to participate, attend, and be a delegate at the convention.

People don't want to believe they have to speak like Obama or Clinton to participate meaningfully in politics, because most of us don't speak like Obama or Clinton.

While taking sign language in high school, one of our assignments was to go out and participate in the deaf community, so I really got to know a lot of the group from that. I felt like they needed a little bit more of a voice because people treat them different just because they're hearing impaired.

Having a multi-cultural background has granted me access into different ideologies, cultures, and ways of living. It has shaped who I am and how I participate in the world.

I was always encouraged to participate in whatever sports I wanted to be in.

As an adult I wasn't dying to participate in sci-fi projects.

The best thing to do with our markets is to have more people participate.

I'm a Brooklyn kid. So for me, rap and all the other forms of music that I participate in, we catch a win? It's a win for everybody.

If Black and African-Americans could participate in our economy at the same level that others do, it'd be a boost to GDP growth.