Quotes About Diversity

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.

What seems obvious to one person wouldn't occur to another. Your perspective is hard coded into the work that you create.

I think there would be situations that will occur on the field that would be tough for a person who is homosexual, because I know there will be people definitely taking shots at him.

All scientists agree that evolution has occurred - that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and that new taxa, new biological groups, have arisen. The question is, is natural selection enough to explain evolution? Is it the driver of evolution?

It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.

It never really occurred to me to seek out a female influence, a female musician.

I think I have the best job in the world. Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by water, we've explored less than five percent of the ocean, and there are so many fabulous discoveries that have yet to be made.

I done made music with Makonnen, Frank Ocean. We all make great music.

Millions upon millions of people came here full of hope and aspiration to this extraordinary land of liberty and opportunity, and helped build the United States. So the Atlantic Ocean was absolutely critical to the story of America.

Malaysians talk with Mauritians, Arabs with Australians, South Africans with Sri Lankans, and Iranians with Indonesians. The Indian Ocean serves as both a sea separating them and a bridge linking them together.

There are some beautiful creatures in the ocean that seem very alien at the same time.

When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.

I'm the grandson of immigrants who came across rivers and oceans to get here, some without documentation.

You just feel a little odd when you don't get your kind of food. Fortunately, there are Indian restaurants all over the world.

I know, being the odd one out can feel brutal. But, rest assured, it's also wonderful - because your desire to do things differently isn't 'uncool.' In fact, it's the exact opposite.

You always get the odd comment, along the lines of the women are not as good as the men, and I get called a lesbian.

I thought I was an odd person, and since my hometown had only about 70,000 people in it, I knew I was going to have to leave there and go out and find other odd people.

For me personally, I have vitiligo, so my whole career, it's always been this very odd debate: 'Does she want to be white? Is she white and black? Is her mum white?' It's always been this question of my background, my race, and what I stand for.

When you are different, that can lead to judges not marking you right because they think you look 'odd' - and that's in any competition.

I think we're all pretty odd.

When I was at school, you had to choose; there was a lot of pressure to assimilate. You were an Aussie, or you were one of 'the wogs' - which was everybody else. But I didn't want to be in either group, so I felt like an odd one out.

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.

I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the odd one out. It's not about 'Look at me! Look at me!' It's about really becoming someone else.

I don't have all the answers, so my goal is to make sure that the 180-some odd members of the RSC each have a seat at the table where we can talk about their vision.