Quotes About Diversity

People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

There's no male Oprah.

I'm fat, and I support fat celebrities, like Oprah.

You could be a woman in Alabama who's a conservative Christian, or you could be a total crunchy-granola woman in Seattle and 20 years old, and both of you would watch Oprah.

I grew up in this weird, educationally elite but economically impoverished environment. Total 'Oprah' story.

I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future.

I've made a point throughout my girls' lives of reading them bedtime stories about strong, innovating women, whether it's Oprah Winfrey or Frida Kahlo.

My mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that it was not just country music and the Grand Ole Opry.

In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.

I would hope more people would have optimism about where the Latino has come. How we have emerged, and that there will be more women, women of color especially Latinas who will get involved.

I think it's important for anyone who takes cinema seriously not to limit yourself to just optimistic or happy movies. I think that's a problem. You've got to be willing to let the art of cinema take you into some darker places if you're going to make full use of it.

I'm very optimistic about the future, because... Okay, with Audra McDonald, even just on Broadway, they cast her in shows that are usually not played by African-American women, so she's very inspiring to me just because of that, you know what I mean?

I stand for a Germany that is more colorful, cool, and optimistic about the future.

I didn't think I could play in a band. It just wasn't an option - all band members were men, and bandleaders were men.

People still try to sell books that way - as 'books can take you to foreign lands.' We've given children this idea that reading and books are a nice option, if you want that kind of thing. I hope we can get over that idea.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

Sometimes when you look at somebody else's career or choices or family, there's almost a comfort in knowing there's another option.

A lot of people like mainstream country because they're not given another option of country music to like that's modern.

Growing up, I always wanted kids, and that was one of the things that made it hard for me to accept being gay, but now I know it's totally an option to have kids.

There's not a lot I haven't done, from being the No. 1 option to the No. 12 option.

The idea of eating one kind of food day in and day out, for some, is sometimes the only option.

I like being different and having options.

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