Quotes About Inclusivity

I try not to assign labels to myself. Sometimes I shop in the plus section, and sometimes I don't. I feel we attach too much significance to labels, and ultimately, it doesn't really matter.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is for everyone. We are all significant parts of the whole. I never think of myself as single; I think of myself as Sheri, a member of the Lord's Church.

I consciously think about the ethnicity of every character that I create and cast. But one thing that is equally important is quality representation. It's not enough to put an African-American in there, a female in there, a gay character in there: How significant is their contribution? Can they drive the story?

A moment of silence is not inherently religious.

Since many of you do not belong to the Catholic Church and others are non-believers, from the bottom of my heart I give this silent blessing to each and every one of you, respecting the conscience of each one of you but knowing that each one of you is a child of God.

I do think that inside of country music now there's a very silent majority, and I represent that silent majority.

People know who I am or are fans of 'Chelsea Lately,' and that makes my shows more fun. People know I'm silly and are on board with what I'm bringing to the table. I see the boyfriends who got dragged to the show by their girlfriends, and by the end, they're laughing harder than anybody. That's the best feeling: 'I knew I was going to get you.'

Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it.

There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.

If we were in a similar circumstance in the future I would want to make sure that our reporting was at least as diverse as it was during this most recent war.

There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!

Our offices across the globe may not be very similar in terms of the way they look, but they are very similar culturally.

We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.

I'm going to try and make you take the Beatles and Eric Clapton as seriously as the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle.

It's movies like 'Love, Simon' that are so pivotal because it's this sweet rom-com that you would watch about a straight couple, but it's two guys. It feels natural and real and just charming. I would love to see more movies like that.

My message is very simple: I'm for women, I'm about women, and I want to help create lanes for more of us.

One of my messages to Republicans is very simple: One-third of your schedule should be listening to people in minority communities.

You know, you don't expect everyone to be as educated as everyone else or have the same achievements, but you expect at least to be offered at least some of the opportunities, and libraries are the most simple and the most open way to give people access to books.

I can change my appearance by doing simple things. People ask, 'What's your ethnicity? Are you part Asian? I can't figure you out.' That gives me range with the roles I play.

There is simply no room for anti-Semitism in a democratic and law-abiding state.

There's racist casting, and there is normal casting. Normal casting, to me, is a process that strives for representation and, in many cases, strives to simply portray the world as it actually is instead of as falsely non-inclusive. And sadly, sometimes that involves removing the whitewash that exists on history.

Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

She is a wide bed who holds both democracy and empire

If you're an alien, how come you sound like you come from the north?' 'Lots of planets have a north.' Doctor Who, 2005