Quotes About Diversity

If you aren't committed to diversity of thought, you have no business launching a startup.

The reason why we decided to put the focus on minority and women-funded startups is because this demographic of companies and founders is just underrepresented, they're under-invested in.

When people say they can't find African-American startups to invest in, it just sounds a little crazy to me.

I've been all over the world meeting with companies and startups and entrepreneurs. And I tell you, they are more similar than different.

'Sexy' is a state of mind, and it can come in all shapes and sizes. It is different for every person.

You can see the absence of women in governing bodies from Congress to state legislators, on corporate boards, in tenured positions in academia, and as forepeople in factories.

We are starting in the days where there is no discrimination, no distinction between one community and another, no discrimination between one caste or creed and another. We are starting with this fundamental principle: that we are all citizens, and equal citizens, of one State.

Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic State - to be ruled by priests with a divine mission. We have many non-Muslims - Hindus, Christians, and Parsis - but they are all Pakistanis. They will enjoy the same rights and privileges as any other citizens and will play their rightful part in the affairs of Pakistan.

I have always adopted nondiscriminatory policies toward the LGBTQ community in my public offices in local and state government.

When In The Style came to me asking if I wanted to do a collection, I said very clearly what kind of collection I wanted it to be, and the lovely thing was that they were looking to do the same kind of thing. I stated that I didn't want any retouching, and I want the women modelling the clothes to represent all women.

The beard is a statement to say that you can achieve anything, no matter who you are or how you look.

Lots of people speak Afrikaans. It's not a statement; it's just a language that we use to communicate. It has its own flavour; it's got its own slang. People laugh. People like it. They like us being open.

'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.

Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.

No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.

It's still a political statement to stand on stage as a person of color and be excellent. We still need those images to combat the narrative we're often fed - as someone innately inferior or inexorably linked with lack.

What I appreciate about Sleater-Kinney is that we did six records, and they all felt different. It was a band that was able to encapsulate different sensibilities because we were focusing on it as music and art and not as a statement.

I'm a walking political statement.

Fashion is a way to separate yourself - to make a statement about who you are and that you're different.

There is no denying that entertainment industries are insular, but you can't generalise that statement and apply it to everyone.

The founding of Graeae by disabled actors was a huge political statement that you forgot at your peril.

God is being siphoned out of the public arena. People don't even say God bless you when you sneeze anymore. I want to be able to lay a Merry Christmas on someone without its feeling like a political statement.

Some have said I focus on marginalized communities, but it's not like that was my mission statement. I've just told stories that interest me, and that I'm not seeing enough of, on groups of people and subcultures that are often not seen.

My existence in Hollywood is a political statement, because there are so few women who are plus-sized or above a size 6.