Quotes About Equality

I grew up figure skating, and in figure skating there is only a handful of black people at the time figure skating with me.

People have been skeptical of the Women's March on Washington. Our legitimacy only came from us proving to the rest of the world that we're capable.

It's a big deal to have Peppermint and Jiggly, two trans women, be on a pre-taped sketch for Saturday Night Live.'

The label 'wife of the prime minister' is like a giant signboard pointing at my head from a Monty Python sketch. But I am not Mrs. Prime Minister. I'm a human being.

There have been times where I have said, even in a sketch that I'm not in, 'I don't think you should be making that joke at the expense of Asian people.'

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.

I think for a certain demographic of American families that are not living below the poverty line, what is now becoming the working poor, I think they realize that their young daughters - and their sons, quite frankly - need to learn a skill set that is going to never go away, and I think that they see that in technology.

You have to let the market reward effort and skill. But a system in which inequality of incomes constantly increases over time is worrisome.

Women have shown their skills and that's why they have been accepted in the industry. It's through their skill that they have managed to make a mark for themselves and also earned respect.

I personally served on active duty with many women service members who consistently demonstrated tremendous skill, leadership, and unquestioned commitment.

When my mom was sick and in the hospital, I did for the first time feel really bad that a lot of men aren't taught how to take care of other people very well. It's not as important of a skill for them as other things, in the same way that I really resent not being given a toolbox when I was younger.

The lawgiver ought to be gentle, lenient and humane. The lawgiver ought to be a skilled architect who raises his building on the foundation of self-love, and the interest of all ought to be the product of the interests of each.

Many of the differences that cause students to be excluded in school are actually the same qualities or skills that other people are going to admire, respect or value about that person in adulthood.

The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is to defend the marginalized against those with the greatest power - and that the resulting animosity from those in power is a badge of honor.

I'm planning to have a career based on my acting skills rather than the size of my chest.

I think every woman should have the skills and confidence to be able to earn a living. A working woman is happy because she has goals beyond herself and her needs.

You know, Quincy Jones was a great mentor, but he was a man in a man's world. Fortunately he's a very sensitive man and a beautiful human being, and even though he was 14 or 15 years older than me, he's a capable human being and has great communication skills.

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual.

Men display less self-doubt and lead with what seems always like a sense of force and direction. We are not as familiar with women leaders, and so we question their skills. As women, we always need to work harder to prove our competence.

Embrace the color of your skin and your own beauty.

I do not believe that the colour of one's skin determines whether you are disadvantaged.

I do feel like I'm at ease in my own skin when I find an androgynous balance.

You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin.

I have been attacked and mistreated for my skin colour since I was a child.