Quotes About Equality

I think I was a feminist before being born. I had a feminist chromosome somewhere.

Things have become considerably better for men of colour since I was born. But I'd say that we'll be really getting somewhere when things get better for women of colour.

I know there are nights when I have power, when I could put on something and walk in somewhere, and if there is a man who doesn't look at me, it's because he's gay.

Take your message of equality of achievement, take your message of economic dependency, take your message of enslaving the entrepreneurial will and spirit of the American people somewhere else.

The ADA gave more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, just like my son Cole, the chance to live the American Dream and be defined only by their potential - not their limitations.

We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.

I am a son of the Chechen people. I am no different from anyone else.

I think what I came through is great, but my son can take it to another level, not having to fight racism. His mother's a Norwegian and I'm mixed up four or five times, so he can face the world.

I took my son's name. I didn't take my husband's name.

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.

My dream is to have a gay son.

Say you have a young black kid, and you come to see a Sondheim show. You love the material, but you look on stage, and you don't see anyone who looks like you. That puts a barrier between the audience and what they're trying to absorb.

In my song 'First Class' from the film 'Kalank', I was okay with the shorter part in the duet because it was to praise the man.

I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.

I'd had three husbands by 23. The second was a songwriter who couldn't handle the fact the little lady was doing better than him.

Why can't we actually sing and get respected as good singers and songwriters without having our boobs and butt hanging out?

Growing up, I'd never heard of any female producers or songwriters. I didn't know you could be a girl and produce, which is terrible.

In reality - and we've always said this - yes, we are girls, women, but, first and foremost, we're musicians and we're songwriters.

I think women gravitate toward me because I am a woman producing and songwriting, and there's none out there. There really isn't.

I don't know, maybe my sons will be gay.

Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to learn - and only from us.

Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women.

I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon.