Quotes About Inclusivity

I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a non-issue in most of the time. That's a huge leap forward.

As a family we love to come together, so I never want it to feel stuffy where someone feels like they can't kick their feet up. That's the Nashville gal in me.

You see, as Americans we're not defined by class, and we will never be told our place. What makes our nation exceptional is that anyone, from any background, can climb the highest of heights.

I like the idea of all of us looking at the world with less of an emphasis on national borders and with more of an emphasis on shared humanity.

Let's be cautious about narrow nationalism.

Some people don't understand that football is universal. It doesn't have a race or nationality. It's one group of people.

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'

The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of nationality; everyone is united by this common language of music.

Because of the Internet, chess is not about your nationality or your background. Anyone can get good now.

Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.

I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.

Hawaii - the Aloha state - is built on the strength of its multicultural society, from our indigenous Native Hawaiian people to the many immigrants that followed.

What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.

We cannot pick and choose whom among the oppressed it is convenient to support. We must stand with all the oppressed or none of the oppressed

In 1935, when there were no other programs, the founders of AA, Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith, stepped up to the plate and took action to help a crippled population. All credit for the establishment of their wonderful, life-saving group goes to them and to those who came after them who have continued the tradition. However, there are hundreds of millions of people who still need help who are not among the estimated two or three million who attend twelve-step meetings.

The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren't the problem; they're the solution.

If it were customary to send little girls to school and teach them the same subjects as are taught to boys, they would learn just as fully and would understand the subtleties of all arts and sciences.

Torpedo Ink welcomes opinions, and we listen to everyone with equal attention. Say what you want, baby. You're free.

He knew from experience the people in the sleepy little coastal town were not easily impressed. No amount of money, fame, or title earned one deference. Everyone was treated the same, from the poorest to the richest, and there seemed to be no prejudice against religion or any other preferences. It was why he had chosen the town. A man could be anybody here and no one cared.

The orgy room at Dave's Baths was democracy made flesh; race and social standing were checked at the door along with clothes.

Sociologists say a neighbourhood is perceived as gay if anywhere between 15 to 25 percent of the residents are homosexual.

Internationalism is the highest form of patriotism.

The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.)

How delightful it is to be here.(Gym) If only one could spend one's entire life in this state of easygoing physical democracy.