Quotes About Inclusion

Civilization is the encouragement of differences. — Mahatma Gandhi

It seems natural to define the world around what is sought after, but geopolitics can also be considered in terms of what is not wanted.

Children are entitled to their otherness, as anyone is and when we reach them, as we sometimes do, it is generally on a point of sheer delight, to us so astonishing, but to them so natural.

Involvement doesn't necessarily mean willing involvement

Matt Mitrione went well beyond disagreeing with the medical experts who say I should be able to compete as a woman, and personally attacked me as a fighter, as a woman, and as a human being.

Most everyone now personally knows someone who is openly homosexual.

All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination.

The ADA allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to participate in the world around them.

I'm interested in Native American and African American stories, and LGBTQ stories and stories of persons of mixed heritage. These are the stories I want to see onscreen and on the pages.

The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of our constitutional guarantee for all persons of this country.

Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.

Women hold themselves back because they don't think their perspective matters. I'm here to tell you that you're not just robbing yourself when you do that: you're robbing all of us.

There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to.

I've just seen that there is a really amazing perspective that we're missing by not having more women directing.

Usually, people who don't have a broad perspective see gay people as servants - as people who are there to make them look good.

To have a diverse set of perspectives and backgrounds enables you to understand the market at large much more effectively.

I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.

Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.

There is a greed case for diversity. Diverse perspectives bring us into markets we didn't know existed.

Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.

If outsider perspectives made 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Dark Knight' into fantastic franchises, imagine what would happen if you brought in the perspectives of women and people of color.

Leaders have to consider whether they have the right diverse perspectives at the table.

When employees can bring their full selves to work, we get the full benefit of all their perspectives and experiences.

Diverse perspectives lead to a better outcome. There's so much data, when you look at the math, in terms of the investor returns and the shareholder value that gets created from more diverse boards.