Quotes About Equality

It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.

Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

I've always sought to give opportunities to women, to people who come from a different background, to add diversity to the mix - in that I think it makes our work better.

There is no room any more for the divisive agenda which has been sought to be foisted on the common man.

I chose the Republican Party because of the principles the party was founded on. This was the party of freedom. This was the party that sought the abolition of slavery.

I knew in my soul that girls like me needed to be represented.

Who says soul has only one colour?

It's very hard to not give in, to sell your soul: to flatter a more experienced male person of power, a producer or director, in order to get what you want. You feel a pressure to flutter your eyelashes and flirt because you know that will work, and I think it's admirable to not do that.

The soul has no gender.

Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other.

All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.

People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don't. I feel that it's quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well.

I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.'

I look at people for their souls, and I can see myself falling in love with anyone after getting to know them and developing a relationship.

We need an inspiring vision of equality that resonates in the hearts, minds, and souls of all Americans.

The worst mistake anyone can make is to perceive anyone else as lesser. The deeper you look into other souls - and writing is primarily an exercise in doing just that - the clearer people's inherent dignity becomes.

We have to support everyone so their stories don't get 'invisibilized.' We don't necessarily have to repopulate the next Marvel movie with people of color, but it's just about saying 'We have hearts, we have souls, we have minds, we have faults, we have flaws, and we're super-freaking interesting.'

Sometimes when I talk, I sound like a feminist because I get really angry when I hear certain things. For instance, a lot of families don't really educate their girls much while they educate their sons to the full extent. I think that's not fair.

Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.

I'm not sure how to say this without making it sound corny, but I honestly feel this is the way to run a business. Our work force needs to mirror these communities, and we've got to get aggressive in recruiting and promoting minorities.

I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it to something like a four-second sound bite, and a check mark on a ballot, I think that that's inappropriate and insensitive.

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.

I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready.

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.