Quotes About Diversity

First of all, I'm Middle Eastern; I'm Iranian, so to be playing a leading role in a big Hollywood movie, I think, is possibly one of the first times.

A lot of people have problems thinking of you doing more than one thing. If you do one thing, then you couldn't possibly do another thing well. Of course, we know that's not so.

I always naturally want to change things up if I possibly can. I never want to write a sequel to a book. I don't want to go back over things. I don't want to adapt my own books for the screen. That's something that's important to me, the keeping it fresh.

Two hundred channel choices in most homes certainly gives you the world of choice. And so slicing it, dicing it, and offering someone their favorite thing - by the way, if it's not good enough, make it yourself and post it.

When I post pictures, I get such good response; they don't want to see me just in Indian clothes.

Reddit is a network where someone with a million karma points has an equal shot as someone with 10 karma points to hit the #1 post or comment.

Everybody in my family is very well educated. I'm probably the only one who is not a double post graduate.

The Postal Service exists to serve every American, regardless of where you live or what you believe.

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots.

My dad is Japanese; he was an art director there. My mom is half-English, half-Argentinian. They met in Japan in the '70s. Her parents were diplomats posted there.

I don't want to feel like I have to be a poster child for anything other than being a great artist. I don't take that on board as being my responsibility as a gay man, because I think it's really limiting.

I want to be the poster girl for engineers and computer nerds.

I remember the first time I was booked into a jazz club. I was scared to death. I'm not a jazz artist. So I got to the club and spotted this big poster saying, 'Richie Havens, folk jazz artist.' Then I'd go to a rock club and I'm billed as a 'folk rock performer' and in the blues clubs I'd be a 'folk blues entertainer.'

People in the legal field are always surprised when they learn I'm a Raiderette. I don't broadcast it; I don't have my team poster in the office.

There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a poster boy.

Just because you are out doesn't make you the poster boy for the gay community.

I'm as happy doing 'Postman Pat' as I am doing 'Hamlet.'

Canada is a really big melting pot of cultures, so we ended up with a giant mosaic of different music.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron.

There is this myth, that America is a melting pot, but what happens in assimilation is that we end up deliberately choosing the American things - hot dogs and apple pie - and ignoring the Chinese offerings.

Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.

In Florida, we're the best melting pot in the world. We love everybody coming to our state.

Denmark is a small, homogenous nation of about 5.5 million people. The United States is a melting pot of more than 315 million people. No question about it, Denmark and the United States are very different countries.