Quotes About Diversity

My mother tongue is Punjabi, but my first language is Urdu, which was the case with the people in undivided Punjab.

Being master of Urdu doesn't interest me, being part of the global society does, breathing hope into that society matters to me.

Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus.

I can manage in six languages - Marathi and Gujarati, in addition to Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Bangla.

When I was offered 'Abhijaan,' I didn't know any Bengali. But Satyajit Ray insisted, saying my character spoke a mixture of Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali. I agreed only because he had faith in me.

I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

I have observed Afghani people and their Urdu is not as chaste as it should be and that reflects in the way they speak. Their native language is Pashtun.

Since my schooldays, I've read the translations of Bengali writers. I'm Punjabi, but I read a lot of Bengali and Urdu literature.

During the making of 'Abdullah' I asked the assistant director to teach me Hindi; he taught me to read the script too. He also taught me Urdu. Now I can sign autographs in Hindi, Urdu and can write my name in Tamil.

I was exposed to a Muslim school, so I learnt Urdu. I was exposed to a Hindu school, so I learnt Hindi. I was exposed to a Church of England school, so I got my Senior Cambridge certificate.

We live close together and we live far apart. We all go through the same things-it's all just a different kind of the same thing.

There is a little bit of everybody in everybody.

Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong…it is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as two opposing sets of ideas.

Women have a role to play in global development.

Women can do everything men can do the rest.

In the beginning said a Persian poet - Allah took a rose a lily a dove a serpent a little honey a Dead Sea apple and a handful of clay. When he looked at the amalgram - it was a woman.

America's legacy has been crafted by generations of hard-working men and women who moved to the United States from all over the globe to pursue their dreams.

One of my dreams was to change the way women of color were seen on television.

I think we're actually the only sport that has a mix of men and women competing together. The majority of other sports are separated by gender.

A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.

Women are being welcomed into science fiction, but it's through the back door.

Victoria's Secret is really about celebrating women and what they stand for: the strength.

Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women.

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.