Quotes About Inclusivity

I don't believe in post-racial or post-gay or post-anything, but I do think within a certain group of friends, what matters less is the specificities of race and sexuality, and what matters more is the shared experience, shared language and shared cultural touch points.

To be an effective leader and make sound decisions, you must be able to gather data by seeking out diverse perspectives and be willing to consider points of view other than your own.

I encourage people and their different points of view.

There were, and still are, a lot of different points of view in the gay community. It's not everybody holding hands and singing 'Kumbaya.' People have very different perspectives.

An important part of my job is listening to diverse points of view at all levels - from Millennials starting their careers... to women at the highest levels of leadership... to my own wife and daughter.

It is great for your work to get through to both the masses and classes.

The classical ballet world is so exclusive and small, and a lot of people don't know about it.

Don't classify me, read me.

I don't classify film people into old and new gen and so get along with all.

Men are not the enemy, and we have to be clear about that.

It sounds so cliched, but I've always been kind of different. I always liked being around weird kids.

I don't care why a client books me, as long as they book me.

I don't really believe in cliques - I think everyone can be friends with everyone.

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.

I'm very close to every girl in the locker room.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

I feel like people are so closed-minded at times.

The closer you get to people who are different than you, the more you learn that we're all same.

All my closest friends are gay. All of them.

Let's be honest, 'Ginza' doesn't really have lyrics to speak of. It's a party track - a party for reggaetoneros to come out of the closet.

I have never been a believer that nice clothes should only be for people with money.

It can be very hard to find clothing for different body shapes. After all, there are only, what, five companies for plus-size women?

We'd get these boxes of clothing in the mail, and my mom would say, 'What makes you think all this is for you? You've got a sister right behind you.' So then I realized, we're all in this together. We have to help each other.

I don't care what word you use: my job is to design clothing that is not out there for us.