Quotes About Inclusion

African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.

Britain today is not revolutionary France. There are no grades of citizenship. An immigrant who has just shaken hands at the end of their citizenship ceremony is as British as a member of the oldest family in the land.

Even in my genre, cookery, just look who gets on the television. Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Nigel Slater. All very nice men. All white middleflclass men.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

Most people should be given a chance to compete in the Olympic Games.

The Chicago Special Olympics prove a very fundamental fact, the fact that exceptional children - children with mental retardation - can be exceptional athletes, the fact that through sports they can realize their potential for growth.

Let's not forget that the Paralympics, just like the Olympics, are built on a rich history.

I am on the International Board of Best Buddies, and I am also working with Special Olympics, and with The Arc to help people with disabilities become more independent and more included in their communities.

Magic is the Special Olympics of entertainment.

It's a beautiful thing to be involved with the Special Olympics.

The Olympics is all about inclusion, coming together for sport. That's the footprint I want to leave.

Special Olympics is such an empowering organization for the thousands of athletes involved and those of us like myself who lend support to them.

There were so few Asians on-screen when I grew up, and the ones who were on-screen weren't given complex characters to play.

It is so important for young people to see characters with different mental health challenges on-screen.

Every time we have a woman on-screen, we can empower her in a different way rather than just giving a speech on the importance of equality and empowerment. I think sometimes we have to show her as powerful.

The characters in 'Be Near Me' come from a genuine place, a Britain that is more than one country and more than one ideal.

There are Jews who came from 102 countries and speak 81 languages - how do you consolidate them into one nation? This is where I saw my role.

One of the things my mom used to do - I don't know why she chose me, but she chose me out of her six children to take to the African-American church that was in the town that we lived in Springfield, Missouri. And we would go to the church, and we would sit in the back row, and we would listen to all of the spirituals in the hymns.

I feel at home in Shondaland. I feel a lot of things at Shondaland, but one of the things I feel that I haven't felt before is at home. I feel accepted for who I am and acknowledged for who I am. I feel like my ideas are embraced.

The nicest characters in 'A Week in December' are, in fact, Muslims - and their religious devotion is one of the things that defines them.

One of the things that we've tried to do with the 'Guardians' films is to allow the women to be full characters.

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.

I was happy as an only child, but I've always wanted to be part of a bigger family.

The only time it gets weird is which bathroom do I go into sometimes.