Quotes About Inclusion

I did this [ran for president as a democrat instead of third party] because I feel that the time for tokenism and symbolic gestures is past. Women need to plunge into the world of politics and battle it out toe to toe on the same ground as male counterparts. (From Voices of Multicultural America)

Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society.

If you discriminate too much, you limit yourself.

Acceptance is the slow poison plaguing today's society

God Made us all equal only to give us an opportunity to make anyone feel special!!!!

Playing Sports without a team, is like living life without a family.

the hope is that laying out what we understand about essential differences in the minds of men and women may lead to grater acceptance and respect of difference.

Stereotyping reduces individuals to an average, whereas science recognizes that many people fall outside the average range for their group.

Do you remember being at school and picking sides for a game of football? We do this at Liverpool for the five-a-sides. Diouf was 'last pick' within a few weeks.

The wisdom of crowds fails when the components of the crowd are not diverse enough.

A shared seat, shared music; and then the chap next to him nodding his head to Bruce Springsteen. Michael never let anyone's situation define them. He started to break down barriers and helped a generation of viewers dismiss the stereotypes that had plagued our view of other cultures.

it's hard to be gay in a small place like Morano, even though it's beautiful and the streets smell of wood smoke, and you can go anywhere at anytime and you'll never be turned away by anyone. You must understand, it's a question of practicality, not a question of acceptance. Times have changed. In Morano, if you're loved, everything else falls away.

Alex kneels down to Shelley's level. The simple act of respect tears at something suspiciously like my heart. Colin always ignores my sister, treating her as if she's blind and deaf as well as physically and mentally disabled.

Oh, and just so you know, before we go out to the field we all get into a huddle and yell 'Go Queers!' really loud.

Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent not a singular conception of ability

It is not that there is no difference between men and women; it is how much difference that difference makes, and how we choose to frame it.

It's so much easier to go to the Sony movie complex when you're disabled. You take a great elevator. You get your own little private viewing area. I love it.

People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point.

Our minds do understand that people of all races find genuine love in many places. We dig that the world is full of amazing options.

I love technology, and I don't think it's something that should divide along gender lines.

I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page.

I'm black, so, you know, I'm again with black folk, but it's a love that spills over to vanilla suburbs and red reservations and brown barrios and yellow slices.

I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned.

Negativity is born in the gap where love has been excluded.