Quotes About Diversity

Whenever Washington makes a one-size-fits-all decision, it doesn't work in states all around the country.

I don't believe that one should have one-size-fits-all moral rules for international political action.

To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

Harvard pulsates with life and thought of all kinds, and religion should not be left out of its ongoing discussions.

Culture is a fluid, ongoing process. People tend to look at culture in a fixed time but it's constantly moving and evolving, as is the conversation between Americans and Cubans.

Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with.

The Muslim community is completely fractured - it doesn't really exist anymore; the only place it does exist is online.

I love Russian faces. The only difference between them is beautiful and more beautiful.

There is no difference working for Hindi or South films; the only difference is the language.

The only difference between me and my critics is that I don't lie to the world about who I am. People are complicated and often seemingly hypocritical. Embrace the diversity of your mind.

Now my children also don't have a particular religion as I also didn't have. The only difference is that now they have Muslim and Parsi also in their blood. So they may be called Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Parsi!

Often times, if you're a bit of a crossover artist, audiences see you as only one thing.

There isn't only one way that black art or entertainment is represented, and that's the most important thing. We're permeating every style. We're claiming and, when necessary, appropriating all kinds of forms. Nothing is forbidden, because it's not what black people do: because it's not what we think of as black art.

Don't let anyone tell you there's only one way to write.

I've gone from a place where I was told there was one way and only one way, to being more in a place where I don't think anyone has the right to say what they believe is more important or more significant.

In North America, what happens often is that they put race before nationhood. Everyone here is Hispanic-American, Chinese-American, African-American. But really, we're just North Americans of all these different descents. The only time I notice North Americans becoming national is when a war happens or a crisis happens.

'Spamalot' was a blip! I've never done anything else like that, and yet it's the only time I've ever been nominated for an Olivier award!

The only time it gets weird is which bathroom do I go into sometimes.

Why shouldn't there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?

I grew up looking for myself onscreen and never could find myself. And I believe that I am supposed to be Toula to show people that it's O.K. to be different.

For me, like, obviously, I want to see myself onscreen.

When we have trans actors play trans characters, people can look onscreen and say, 'OK, this is what trans is.'

I'm trying to be what I want to see more of: Black women onscreen.