Quotes About Equality

I don't think kneeling during the anthem is such a bad thing.

The kneeling and everything, I think it really only sort of solidifies who I am as a person and the things that I stand for.

At some point in time, we're going to have to stop addressing the kneeling, and we're going to have to start addressing what led Colin Kaepernick to kneel. That's the issue that nobody wants to talk about.

Men, we don't need you to be a knight in shining armor. We just need you to be a little bit brave, just a little bit. And some of them are, and that's what he does.

Marriage hasn't been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!

I want everyone to live to their full potential without having to fear someone will try to knock them down or discriminate against them.

Nobody can take too many big hits, not even comparing someone 5-foot-8 'cause some of the 6-foot-3 guys still get knocked out, too.

I'm not knocking the poor homosexual, I'm not. They need salvation just like anybody else.

I enjoy knocking around with the boys.

It's not lost on me to have the ability to be wearing custom Dior or Gucci, with my box braids or my bantu knots. It's another opportunity to show that Black girls belong in these places and that what I naturally bring as a Black girl belongs as well.

At the end of the day, you have to look at, 'Are they knowledgeable? Are they doing their job?' Not what their appearance is.

I would like to be known as a great leader, not as a great woman leader.

The Lord is my Shepherd and he knows I'm gay.

Livestock, a koala, all the same to me. Different but equal.

I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hiring Chinese actors from Asia.

I'm impressed by the economic development of Korea. And women scientists played, without doubt, an important role in it.

Remember this about the Korean War: The men were drafted; the women volunteered.

I don't mind doing action or kung fu, but I'm also really happy to do something dramatic. I'd like to show that a Chinese girl doesn't have to do crazy martial arts to get the part.

The Kurdish problem is not only the problem of one part of my nation: it is a problem of every one of us, including myself.

From the level, both leagues are equal. You'll win no game easily. It's always a lot of work. This is true in La Liga as well as in the Bundesliga. You must always give all you have.

I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.

I grew up in a time when there were very few women in the physical sciences. And people started to ask me, 'How did you decide to become a scientist?' And I couldn't really answer. I always knew I'd grow up to have a lab because my dad had one.

Why does everyone need to have a label?

I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes, especially people who are making movies.