Quotes About Inclusivity

It used to be so important to choose what you were. Gay or straight. Male or female. I think the new generation is more fluid.

If we really want to be the Live Free or Die State, we must ensure that New Hampshire is a place where every person, regardless of their background, has an equal and full opportunity to pursue their dreams and to make a better life for themselves and their families.

We gotta bring new ideas to the table and empower each other.

If I meet someone who's Native American and I don't know anything about indigenous people in New Jersey - which I kind of don't, which is not really good - I can learn more and more about their lives, and that makes me a more open person and a more accepting person.

Some shots people won't think are right but I want to give the crowd a good show and get new people into the sport.

I love meeting new people.

I've always used black girls on the runway, because I think they're beautiful. I don't need people to tell me, 'You need to use black girls.' I did for 20 years; it's not a new thing for me.

New York City is the center of the world. There is an energy here. People from all over the world feel at home here.

You can't just buy the sports section of 'The New York Times.' You take the whole paper.

The 'New York Times' is not reviewing books by non-white people.

So you got the cool New Yorkers, and then there are the less-than-cool New Yorkers.

The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.

People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'

I love working with newcomers.

Many ask me why I work with debutants, but I always tell them that there's space for every one in the industry, and if my music helps him, then I'm glad to be of some help. I will never say no to deserving newcomers.

I've got news for you: There are going to be people other than Christians in the hereafter. What are you going to do about it? Are you not going to go?

I can't wait for the day when it is no longer newsworthy that a woman is appointed editor of a newspaper.

Not everyone looks like Brad Pitt. There are people in the world that look like me. I think people feel that I could be living next door to them. That has much more effect on me.

I think of myself as living so much outside borders or old categories that I choose as my leaders U2, the Dalai Lama, Vaclav Havel, Sigur Ros, Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, and the girl next door. By definition, in short, my leaders are the ones who think in terms larger, and more intimate, than any country.

It's really exciting to get the Paralympic sport out there and inspire the next generation - I remember watching the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games that inspired me to want to got to a Paralympic Games.

I'm cool with everybody. The fans have been nothing but nice to me.

The term 'niche' is no longer pejorative.

Competitive bodybuilding is a niche sport, but bodybuilding is for everybody.

Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.