Quotes About Diversity

I'm not obsessed with the rights of women; it can be a bit excessive. I want to put men and women on an equal footing. I think we are equal but different.

I love accents in general. I'm obsessed with dialects, and I had to write a whole movie about it called 'In a World...'

I have a weird obsession with people who can speak multiple languages. I'd love to be able to do that.

I think the obsession with fair skin should end.

I'd like to see a day when we're less obsessed with stars and give due credit to everyone who is involved in the process of filmmaking and a change in the obsession with fair skin.

There are so many things that interest me more than standing on the stage of my own obsessions.

Saying women aren't funny is now like saying Asians can't drive or saying black people have bad credit. It's just really, like, so obsolete.

Seriously, I don't find not being able to hear an obstacle or a boundary. For me, and for many of us, it is an advantage, and it's a part of my identity, in fact. It's a huge part of who I am.

I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.

I believe that we do our country a disservice when we make it harder for new American immigrants to abide by the rules of the road and obtain drivers licenses.

In reality it's pretty obvious that all the citizens of Israel have total civil equality.

It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

I love how when I say the world is still run by men, and sometimes I say the world is still run by white men, people gasp as if that's news. That's not news. That's obvious.

The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation.

I've experienced some really very obvious, direct homophobia - when I was still trying to be an artist, behind the scenes, being told to be less gay, be less feminine.

I didn't know if I could have a career in fashion; I didn't fit in an obvious box.

It is at best insufficient and at worst inaccurate to settle on a definition of the Enlightenment, for the obvious reason that there was not just one.

I don't expect a lot of people who love drag to also be like, 'I love 'Drag Race,' and then I got to hear my Chris Stapleton album.' Not necessarily an obvious crossover.

There is no reason why cricket shouldn't be the number one alternative to football. And at a time when there are obvious divisions in society, cricket has a great role to play in bringing people together from all sorts of diverse backgrounds and faiths.

Even for myself, Ive been lucky enough to walk around Glasgow with my family and you see all the different nationalities and different establishments - whether thats restaurants, businesses - and its obvious that people have come from all over the world to make this city a great city.

Obviously, sometimes I just feel like looking like a box of crayons.

Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what he wants, and it creates a collision of thinking. In cities, that means people build whatever they want.

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American.

Obviously, no LGBT person should be denied the ability to be who they are because their boss disagrees.