Quotes About Diversity

You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian, but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity, and this is one of our marvellous resources.

Canadians are the people who learned to live without the bold accents of the natural ego-trippers of other lands.

La desigualdad es esa manera tan absolutamente natural en que una empresaria colombiana, un profesor mexicano, un hacendado salvadoreño dicen María sírvenos el café.

Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.

Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good or bad, fragile or tough, wise or foolish? Yes. And so am I.

Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what we're not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail, and sometimes when we succeed. We hide our differences when, by accepting and celebrating them, we could collaborate to make every effort more exciting, productive enjoyable, and powerful. Personally, I think we should start right now.

Opinions are like elbows. Everybody's got them, but they only bend one way.

What sets you apart, what you call difference, comes from the Lord, but it is up to you to make the most of it.

During oral arguments, Howard Wimberley, assistant attorney general for Texas, presented the state's two-class theory, which had been used in previous trials to explain why Mexican Americans were not called for jury duty. Wimberley argued that in Texas there were only two races, Blacks and whites, and only Blacks on occasion needed the government's protection from hostile whites.

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

The more you adapt, the more interesting you are.

Minds differ still more than faces.

We are all a little crazy.

It was starting to occur to me that Dr. Mensah might actually be an intrepid galactic explorer, even if she didn't look like the ones on the entertainment feed.

Don Abene's warm brown skin was lined at the corners of her mouth and eyes, and her long dark hair had strands of white in it, but for all I knew it was a cosmetic choice. She laughed and her dark eyes crinkled. "We're finally going, Miki!

The kinet believed that if something was worth saying once, it was worth saying a few more times, but Jai had long recognized that this was not the way of other species. She promised, "I'll stop.

Bodies can show up anywhere.

Having people in different optimal environments increases the chances of survival of the human race as a whole. It is nature's way to preserve her species.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. —John F. Kennedy

Points to Ponder • 75 percent of the world is extroverted. • Being introverted affects all areas of your life. • Nothing is wrong with you. • Introverts feel drained and overstimulated. • Being introverted is something to be celebrated.

also free from closemindedness, obscurantism and bigotry.

Is there any good reason why we cannot extend our multi-cultural generosity to include another dimension? That of time. The past, too, is another country. Its ghosts may look strange and frightening and slightly misshapen in body and mind, but all the more reason then, to welcome them to our shores.

God made so many different kinds of people. Why would he allow only one way to serve him?

What is manifold is often frightening because it is not neat and simple. Men prefer to forget how many possibilities are open to them.