Quotes About Diversity

There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.

I remember people saying: 'You look funny, your hair is so black, you have a flat nose,' but I didn't think of it being racism, and I still don't. But there was a sense of difference, of being an outsider.

I wanted to make a movie that celebrates the outsider, the one who is different, the one who is not normal - and show how important that is.

I felt like I was an outsider growing up in the black church, as a gay man, in a poor community.

I am probably an outsider because I challenge conventional narratives about who should have a seat at the table.

I grew up listening to hip hop and embracing black culture, probably because it was 'outsider art.'

Every time you come across someone who looks like an outsider, the best way to go about it is to open your mind a little bit. You have to try to understand somebody who isn't like you.

I am an Indian citizen. How can anyone label me as an outsider?

I don't think like Raj Thackeray... that anyone from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar or anywhere who comes to Mumbai is an outsider.

I have been around for 33 years and I don't have a filmy background. I don't know if I am an insider or an outsider but I have never felt any discrimination.

To the people here, we are outsiders. Foreigners.

The crux of drag is outsiders looking in. That's all it is.

What you should do is to say to outsiders that a Christian has neither more nor less rights in our association than an atheist.

In my life, I've been able to really examine society in a way most people who aren't outsiders don't get a chance to do.

I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.

I feel like I can be myself in L.A. I feel like Mississippi is a little close-minded; not all of Mississippi is, but just the part that I came from. They really don't get outsiders.

I think most of us are outsiders. And I think that's good because it makes you question things.

I've been quite lucky in that the roles that I've been able to play are all kind of outsiders.

I'm definitely drawn to stories about outsiders. Feeling like that myself as a gay black man, I often seek to give a voice to those in the world who don't have one.

I feel like theater in high school seems to be sort of like the safe haven for the outsiders and people who don't necessarily fit in. And it was a come-as-you-are sort of class, and it's a come-as-you-are after-school activity.

There are many outsiders in Bollywood and you'll find people from different parts of the world and cultures coming together.

I'm a Latina. Everything is outspoken in my culture.

RIKEN has attracted numerous outstanding scientists from inside and outside Japan, and these people have achieved creative and outstanding results.

We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people.