Quotes About Equality

On the day when I was shot, and on the next day, people raised the banners of 'I am Malala'. They did not say 'I am Taliban.'

I think fashion can tell a story about celebrating difference, can talk about how different people are, how diverse people are - and for me, that's where fashion really succeeds, when it tackles things to do with the world we live in.

I don't really talk about surgery, because I feel like no one should be judged on their journey.

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'

Men need to be aware of the health of their bodies, as well - prostate cancer and breast cancer are almost on the same level. It's fascinating to me that the correlation between the two is almost the same - people don't talk about it so much, but they are almost equal in numbers.

I'm not necessarily intimidated by really jocky guys. I can talk football with them, you know what I mean?

It's okay to talk about birth, okay - then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women's health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet.

I'm getting more and more used to the fact that being a director and being a woman are two things that everyone wants to talk about, because it's so rare.

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.

When I was 16 or 17, I saw Lenny Bruce being taken to jail. They took him off stage because he talked about race.

We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.

Whether you're president or speaker, if you're wrong, we need to stand up and point it out. That's what Martin Luther King had talked about: being judged by the content of our character and not the color of our skin. So some of us pounded away on some of the ridiculous policies of Pelosi - and lo and behold, over time, the public began to see.

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

Policing of the disabled and how many deaf people get shot by cops is sort of insane. And it's not talked about.

I grew up in a household where we talked about race all the time, and that's sort of in me. So if I become the Anthony Bourdain of race and culture, then great!

I was full of pride when President Obama talked about coding in his last State of the Union address. I was proud when Chicago recently made computer science mandatory as a requirement for graduation. To see this elevate to the level of a bigger conversation is progress.

I never want to promote an ad that makes women feel bad about themselves, because when I was young, I never felt rich enough or fashionable enough or good enough. I felt talked down to by luxury fashion labels. There was a disconnect. They made me feel we weren't right for each other.

From the very beginning, I've talked about how we're going to strengthen the middle class in this country.

If I went to play for Lithuania or Latvia, no one would have talked about it.

We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.

I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.

I do wish that people talked about the subject of race, especially in the South.

Professor Obama has at least talked to us like we're adults.

I think it's great to be talked about as a woman film-maker. It's part of who I am; it affects me daily. I want it to be part of the conversation. I'm for any scheme or initiative that gives women a way in.