Quotes About Equality

A lot of the differences between people have biologic underpinnings. Now, we have a dogma of egalitarianism. Everyone's the same.

The way 'TATB' depicts race, and how it normalizes our differences, is actually one of the things I am most proud of.

There's so much more to people than their differences.

The B-52s are all about inclusiveness and about celebrating your differences.

When I was a kid, I honestly never thought about race. I didn't see differences.

People will always look different from each other in ways we can't control. What we can control is what we allow ourselves to make of those differences.

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.

I get kids from all different cultures and nationalities coming up to me now, all wanting to be F1 drivers. They feel the sport is open to everyone.

I think it's a different kind of activism. Like, women shouldn't have to step into men's roles to be empowered. They should be able to step into themselves. So that's what I try to bring, that we shouldn't be thinking of it as menswear or womenswear; it should be clothing for people.

I want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.

We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great.

I think it's great to have a lot of shows that are featuring women in different kinds of characters, which wasn't so always.

I feel like I'm a boy, but I don't feel like I should've been born with different parts of my body or anything like that. I feel like it's just all in how I dress and how I talk and how I look and feel, and that makes me happy.

I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

I used to not like being called a 'woman architect': I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, 'You are okay for a girl.' But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don't mind that at all.

Male filmmakers only need to tap their female selves in order to develop their female gaze as many great filmmakers have done. But why is it important to do so? Because the world has been run by aggressive males and landed itself in a fine mess.

We have to cut the red tape, eliminate barriers, and reduce bureaucracy - for all housing, for everyone.

It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to look back at tapes of these antigay people saying ridiculous things on the news and it's going to sound as antiquated as the newsreels of horrible racists from the '50s.

You're not tapping into the widest possible pool of talent if you're shutting some people out of particular careers.

I think you've seen the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City - the top clubs - all now tapping into the women's market and developing that side of the club. It's great for women's football, and I look at how far we've come, and it's great to have teams like this.

Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.

Latino kids are not rejected by their parents for being Latino, nor are most Muslims disowned by their parents for being Muslims, but those who are gay are often the target of their families' disapprobation or outright hostility.

According to liberals, I'm not supposed to exist. I know that I am going to be a target for the Left. I have something to say to them: 'Game On.'

We see organizations that target young black men to give them direction in life, but so often, black girls are missed. I wanted to represent them.