Quotes About Inclusion

The first gay people we elect must be strong. They must not be content to sit in the back of the bus. They must not be content to accept pablum. They must be above wheeling and dealing.

People who are different are constantly dealing with families who don't understand them.

When you're dealing with a small community, every person counts.

The strength of 'Small Island' is the fact that it deals with heavy issues in a way that is appealing to watch, and it's a story that people can relate to no matter what colour you are.

There's a dearth of media around young black women and certainly a dearth of LGBT media for people of color.

I basically lived like a guy for, certainly, the first decade of my career, and I just wanted to blend in.

I'm just happy to be part of the family, the decathlon family.

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.'

If women want to ensure themselves a meaningful place in the future, they need to be among those determining how the technology will be used. They need to be among those deciding whether it will be the great leveler or simply serve to worsen social divisions.

I'm a big fan of having a team with different thoughts and backgrounds and experiences; that makes for a better enterprise and better decision-making.

It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions.

It hasn't been for a lack of trying. But we really have to analyze in a deeper way why we have these problems - at least at the state level - electing an African-American.

Sometimes, when I was the only person of color in a room, you had to defend all the people of color everywhere.

People in Hollywood defer to what they know, which is a white lead, particularly in romantic comedies.

Just as basketball doesn't define who I am, neither does being gay.

There are stories I wanted to tell, and they are not defined by what I look like.

I want to live in a society where everyone is treated equally and not defined by their race.

The downside to defining everything Chinese as different than American is that all things Chinese then become exotic.

I always think about race as a part of one's identity, not the whole of one's identity. You don't want it to be the defining characteristic of a character. There has to be more.

The March on Washington was a defining moment in the history of this country and a great example of our nation truly living up to its creed.

I am definitely a person of color.

I don't know what this definition of affirmative action is for some.