Quotes About Equality

I think it's gonna take a sincere empathy and compassion for people of all races, to really reflect and process on the true history of the black community in this country. The history has been filled with incredible oppression and we really have to acknowledge that, to start to change the lens of how we see true equality.

We have to protect the rights of every person and group to follow their sincere religious belief peacefully without hurting other people.

I sincerely hope that I shall always be a credit to my race, and to the motion picture industry.

I can say sincerely, don't take your voice for granted. It is truly what makes us all equal.

No doubt many people working in race relations sincerely want to make things better. But by constantly drawing attention to race and policing ordinary behavior, they risk making things worse.

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.

I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.

I was not able to understand how it could be right to pay an actor, or a singer, or an instrumentalist for entertaining the public and wrong to pay a ball player for doing exactly the same thing.

I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.

I think we did our first session in 1958. There were no black background singers - there were only white singers. They weren't even called background singers; they were just called singers. I don't know who gave us the name 'background singers,' but I think that came about when The Blossoms started doing background.

I grew up listening to Beethoven and old jazz singers like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Anita O'Day. But those were, like, the only women I listened to - I hated women pop singers.

There have always been female artists and singers putting bands together all the time. But we were not always getting credit for that because we didn't know any better.

You hear blacks are good in sports and good singers. But you don't hear about black lawyers or black politicians. I learned things later, but went through some hurt before I learned - before I had a better picture of black people and a better understanding of myself.

I fell in love with the legend of Paul Robeson as a kid. My dad would tell me all these amazing stories about his life and, bizarrely, ended up singing to Robeson on his deathbed.

There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now.

Every single one of us deserves access to quality, affordable health care.

I don't happen to believe, by the way, that immigration policies that single people out because of religion, for instance, are fair and just.

When you don't have diversity in the creative process, you inevitably end up with a single, narrow perspective in the output.

I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.

Marilyn Monroe Productions was the first female-owned production company in Hollywood. She paved the way for women in Hollywood, and every single woman owes something to her for that, whether they agree with her image or not.

If a firm hasn't hired a single female partner in its history, I don't think it will finally happen by accident.

We must ensure that every single child can go as far as their ability and their aspirations will take them.

There are people in our country, in our communities who are being marginalized and discriminated against every single day. I fight for them.

Every single day I've been governor, I hear from a little girl who thinks it's the greatest thing ever that we have a woman governor.