Quotes About Diversity

October is not only a beautiful month but marks the precious yet fleeting overlap of hockey, baseball, basketball, and football.

I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and Republicans thought it was theirs. I'm proud that pro-choice people thought 'Juno' was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs.

When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters.

How can I tell?" "It doesn't matter. In this town, all the kids are gifted.

Try something new. Try something strange. Expose yourself to flavors you've never considered before. Taste something - anything - that makes you stop for a moment and pay attention and experience.

You'll like it here; everyone is quite mad.

I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.

existe en todas las lenguas que yo conozco, las lenguas no suelen equivocarse juntas.

In truth, we are all fast and slow, strong and weak, motivated and lazy in a thousand tiny ways throughout our days that the generalizations simply don't capture.

There's an old story of two clerics arguing about how to do God's work. In the spirit of conciliation, one finally says to the other, "You and I see things differently, and that's okay. We don't need to agree. You can do God's work your way, and I'll do God's work His way.

In the normal course of things, we don't notice the ways in which our story of the world is different from other people's.

Different Stories: Why We Each See the World Differently

We Notice Different Things.

We Have Different Interpretations

And recognize that different people take in information at different speeds and in different ways. For example, some people are visually oriented. For them, you may want to use visual metaphors and refer to pictures or, in a business setting, charts. Some people prefer to get their arms around the whole problem first, and can't listen to anything else you say until they do. Others like all the details up front. Pay attention to these differences.

Even when we have access to the same data, we tend to notice different things. We are all moving along the same sidewalk, but the historian may notice the brickwork, the jogger the impact on her knees, and the fellow in the wheelchair the areas that are less accessible. We're engulfed by information—far too much to take in—and so we select small samples to pay attention to and ignore the rest.

There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn't be necessary.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

They believe that all beings, regardless of species or gender, are created equal. Surely you can understand that." It was more a statement than a question, but Des answered anyway. "But all beings aren't really equal, are they? I mean, some are smarter, or stronger Ã¢â'¬Â¦ or better at cards.

yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skilfully curled) all worlds

it's no use trying to pretend that mostpeople and ourselves are alike. Mostpeople have less in common with ourselves than thesquarerootofminusone. You and I are human beings; mostpeople are snobs.

Favor everything without exception that makes people different: discourage everything whatsoever that makes people alike. The Rest follows