Quotes About Diversity

Patriotism is not a matter of the skin's color. It is a matter of the heart.

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James A. Michener

He thought of this statement a long time and wondered why people so attached to God should take such positive delight in crucifying a man who had precisely the same love for God, but with a different manner of expressing it. He

said, "The paths to God are manifold.

Certain Americans in western states, having lost their Indians and with few blacks at hand, naturally turned to hating Mexicans

James A. Michener

But you're right that all of us, Catholics, Arabs, Jews, have got to work out some sensible pattern of life for the world, or new alignments will occur so radical that no one here can visualize

In depicting the Indian background, do not commit these traditional errors: Do not show them on war parties in full regalia. I judge from what I have read that Indians in their everyday occupations looked pretty much like students at the Boulder campus of Colorado University today, except that the Indians may have been somewhat cleaner.

James A. Michener

James A. Michener

James A. Michener

James A. Michener

It takes a diverse family of testers to raise an amazing product.

world is your kaleidoscope

I get nonstop hate mail. I got one today saying I was "too Jewish," whatever that means. And over the weekend I got one from a Jewish guy saying I was a disgrace to Jews. So I don't win either way.

Ultimately, mastery is about connecting the dots of many fields.

you will always have 30 percent of people who love you, 30 percent who hate you and 30 percent who couldn't care less." When I heard that, my entire

But once you divide the world into categories, into an "us" versus "them," then you immediately become a "them" and lose touch with who you really are. And

Try many things. One thing I realized is that quantity equals quality. People think it's one or the other but it's not. When you have a quantity of ideas and things you are trying, you will find quality.

Why limit yourself to a single passion? Here's a secret: you don't have to worry about "finding" your passion. You're naturally going to get passionate about what you are good

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.