Quotes About Equality

In athletics there are so many great elite athletes who look like me, so it was easy to fall into.

I try to make things that are not elitist.

I'm human, just like anybody else.

No emancipation without that of society.

I think we're going to be very embarrassed in a few years when we see a lot more women film-makers. People will look back and ask, 'How did it take so long for you to figure this out?'

I'm happy to do gay material, and I'm gay, and I'm not embarrassed about it, but it's nice not being limited to only doing gay material.

We embrace all of our friends from every background.

If I can help one family embrace their child and not displace them and throw them out, I'm happy about that.

I think it is important for someone like me to not run away from who I am but embrace it. LGBT people across the country need to know they have a friend in Congress.

Women themselves are an emerging market.

I'm not saying I only want to work with female directors. But I want to continue to work with emerging female directors.

You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

The fact of the matter is that when you're in pain emotionally about your life, the color of your skin does not matter.

I hate that there's such an emphasis on women in comedy. Are women OK? Are they just as funny as men? Yes!

Everything's harder for women: harder to start, to stay employed, to run a life with a family.

Half of my employees are women.

I want to empower women.

We applaud any company making business decisions that empower women.

Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.

I think women need to empower themselves instead of asking for handouts.

When you empower women, it's not just what's happening in her family: it's whats happening in her community and what's happening with her children.

I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything.

I was raised by an empowered woman. I married an empowered woman.

I believe in women having a voice, being empowered, speaking up, and having ideas.