Quotes About Inclusion

Fear of difference is fear of life itself.

Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.

English is the key to full participation in the opportunities of American life.

Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.

I guess now you know you're not the only freak." It's the nicest thing she's ever said to me.

YOU ARE WANTED. Big, small, tall, short, pretty, plain, friendly, shy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, not even yourself. Especially not yourself.

As for the rest of you,remember this:YOU ARE WANTED. Big,small,tall,short,pretty,plain,friendly,shy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, not even yourself. Especially not yourself.

As for the rest of you, remember this: YOU ARE WANTED. Big, small, tall, short, pretty, friendly, shy. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, not even yourself. Especially not yourself.

Whether you want to or not, now we'll always be a part of here.

We must honor our differences while we find our own courage and our own strength the best we know how.

It is very lonely being Jewish, I think. And confusing.

Endlessly welcoming and hospitable, particularly up here. It didn't necessarily mean she belonged, did it?

But sometimes she felt the world wasn't built for people like her

But when you read a book, you feel like you're in it.

Do you think there's a difference? Between belonging with and belonging to?

It sure is nice being part of a group, feeling like I belong

There were times I feel left out anyway. Not in a romantic way, but a friend way.

They had looked at me like I was a real girl, not just somebody's little sister.

Do you think there's a difference? Between belonging with and belonging to, I mean? "Sure. One implies choice; the other doesn't.

She always says people's names like I should already know who they are.

The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out.

We don't serve time travelers here. A time traveler walks into the bar.

The reason to have a home is to keep certain people in and everyone else out. A home has a perimeter. But sometimes our perimeter was breached by neighbors, by Girl Scouts, by Jehovah's Witnesses. I never liked to hear the doorbell ring. None of the people I liked ever turned up that way.

America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That's the nature of America, I think.