Quotes About Diversity

I was born in France. I grew up in Africa.

France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.

I think there is a problem in France that anyone who is not European, you want to know where they come from and why do they come from somewhere or why they speak English or why they are human. That's the big barrier for all of us that are coming from some far, far away countries. But at the end of the day, we are all artists.

I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.

If you were asking me how it is to be a Muslim in America, it's much harder to be a North African in France than to be a foreigner here in America.

In France, it's really different the way you live. It's a non-religious country. The public space is not religious; religion is a private thing.

I see myself going to play in the MLS, to discover something other than France.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

I grew up in San Francisco. And I grew up with gay parents.

San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities.

San Francisco is an interesting place. It's always been such a nice culturally diverse environment, which it still is, but there's a lot of money there now and a lot of dot com's so it's a little different than it used to be.

As a person of color from the South, San Francisco was the first city that really made me feel like an other.

San Francisco is a beacon of hope for LGBTQ people around the world.

I don't want San Francisco to be just a place where people just move for opportunities.

San Francisco needs to become a city where you have late night offerings.

I love San Francisco.

Our work is not done until everyone is safe and celebrated not just in San Francisco, but also across the country.

I love all sorts of movies, whether made by Scorsese or Frank Capra. I love them all.

I think that we need to make sure that we have frank conversations about race and color and discrimination within this country.

I love Aretha Franklin, Edith Piaf, Blondie.

I was told all my life to sing like Aretha Franklin, or Adele, cover myself with black clothing and show more soul, sing bigger.

Frankly, I have a lot of interests, and I am not all that wedded only to banking.

I don't expect everyone to agree with me. Frankly, I'd be shocked if they did.

Frankly, it can be lonely at the top when it comes to driving diversity.