Quotes About Diversity

Equalities issues are a key part of the Liberal Democrats and under my leadership we would push for them at every opportunity - whether in government or not.

To think that we are all the same and going to follow the same journey, that is wrong. We are going to support and liberate people, to give people as many opportunities to succeed as possible without being prescriptive.

I know that when I was a children's librarian, that was about 1940, boys particularly asked where were the books about kids like us, and there weren't any at that time.

A black character is much more than just a black character; he's a character, period. So show the world as it is. Even with all your artistic license, you make a political choice.

Everyone's life experience is different.

Not everybody's life is a movie.

Life is too short to exclude experiences. And that includes marriage.

America is about choices, including those to live certain lifestyles.

Although all of us may not agree with that particular lifestyle for religious reasons, whatever the reason is, you still treat each other with respect.

I guess the more women are present and out there in life, the more their stories will be told. I don't know. Their stories have always been told on Lifetime.

If we're going to make a city everybody can live in for a lifetime, we need to make sure we are building and growing for everybody.

It's 'When We Rise,' not 'When Gay People Rise.' It's about how everyone benefits when we lift up any one group in this country.

When you lift up black women, you lift up entire communities and the entire country.

Sometimes readers want some escapist fun, to get lost in the story. But light-hearted romantic stories can and should star all kinds of girls.

Listen, it's crazy because I almost have to work twice as hard to get the amount of attention as it is for somebody who's a little lighter than me or from a different country than me, you know?

In my country - even though we have a lot of dark-skinned people - people think the lighter you are, the better you are. They think beauty has to do with being light-skinned. I think that's really wrong.

Once I did a film like 'Verna,' which was emotionally draining, I knew I needed to do something lighter and entertaining.

My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite.

Being put in a group, I hate that. I don't think anyone likes it. Everyone just wants to be their own person.

I don't think anything should limit me. I don't think any industry should be disrespected or looked down upon.

You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you.

I don't think you should limit what you read.

Don't limit yourself to wearing a black dress because it's 'slimming.'

I don't want to limit myself to a genre, language or a particular industry. I will do anything interesting that comes to me.