The most beautiful thing about Brazil that I always find that is so unlike any other place I’ve been in the world is the diversity of its people.
We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.
Diversity really means becoming complete as human beings – all of us. We learn from each other. If you’re missing on that stage, we learn less. We all need to be on that stage.
When people talk about diversity and inclusion, sometimes there’s a bit of an eye-rolling mentality or ticking boxes. But I feel like that’s kind of necessary at times, because the playing fields are not level in the first place.
I think there are multiple studies now to demonstrate that diversity, a better balance between genders, but also between different fields as well, is actually conducive to better growth, better bottom line, better results.
More so than any other major American sport, baseball has the most diversity of culture and personality, and is the least marketable. Why? It doesn’t make any sense.
I can tell you, without diversity, creativity remains stagnant.
Nobody wants to hear my political views… so I won’t be talking about that. But on diversity, nobody in this company has worked harder, done more and resourced it better than me.
I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods.
The fact that societies are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious is good. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.
When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: ‘You’re the new face of diversity.’ That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan’t as French as others.
I think it’s worth putting energy into affirmative action in terms of having diversity in positions of power because the door was shut for so long.
I think at the end of the day the diversity has served as a major… that’s what has determined the difference between The Roots and some of the other artists from our graduating class. I feel we followed the De La Soul, the Native Tongue blueprint.
I am far from perfect, but I have something else. I heard that people in the industry are longing for more personality and diversity. Perhaps I am more a ‘character’ than a model.
We know there needs to be diversity in storytellers telling their own stories. I think there’s a beautiful forward movement in that direction with McQueen telling ’12 Years A Slave,’ with Coogler telling ‘Fruitvale,’ and with Daniels telling ‘The Butler.’
Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
Diversity, I think, has become a real business imperative at the very top with CEOs who are facing massive disruption.
We can make the United States a ‘Hispanic Quebec’ without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity.
We need more diversity – we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our world looks like.
I believe all of us love legal immigration. We love how the diversity adds to our country.
People often comment on the feeling and soul in my music, and I think part of that comes from the honesty and diversity of the kids I went to school with and jammed with.
There’s so little representation of people who look like me behind the camera that it makes you want to say yes to any opportunity out of desperation. It puts you in a situation where you can’t make your best work. Diversity for cheap.
My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America’s strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.
The most amazing thing for me is when I open up a magazine and I see someone I could be friends with and looks, maybe, slightly like me. And I think that’s the same with young girls. Because there needs to be diversity.
People of faith, people of no faith, people of different faith, that’s what America is all about; it’s bringing that diversity into and challenge of the different ideas that motivate people in our country. That’s what makes America work.
There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority, confounded by our numbers and our diversity, and recognising a few of our faces, would at once let go of prejudice forevermore.
When I stopped racing, I kept being asked to comment on diversity in the sport but I really felt I had done my part.
Over the summer I thought that I would seek out non-Americans as friends, just for diversity’s sake. Now I find that I want to be around Americans – people who I know are thinking about our country as much as I am.
When I speak of diversity, I don’t mean replacement of white comics. I don’t mean acceptance by white comics. We comics who weren’t born into the white guy paradigm of ‘funny’ don’t need a handout. We don’t need a PC push. We don’t need ‘a look.’
Over time, diversity has come to be acknowledged as an essential enhancer of corporate productivity, performance, and talent engagement.
Diversity – both in ideas and people – has always been one of the country’s greatest assets.
I’ve come to realize that, basically all my bosses and supervisors throughout my career have been male. And I’ve had great experiences, but it’s made me appreciate the importance of diversity and inclusion.
I don’t like the establishment. I like the diversity of knowledge, and I’m going to use all that I can to help get President Trump re-elected again in 2020.
You get this overview effect where you realize how small we are and how fragile our planet is and how we’re really all in it together. You don’t see borders from space, you don’t see diversity and differences in people on Earth.
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.
The fundamental character of our faith means an extensive diversity is required not only within local community, but between communities.
I believe in diversity in thought, in culture, and all sort of things.
Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions… Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.
America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the second, that to run against the tide of Asian nationalism is worse than impractical – it is also highly dangerous.
But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.
I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it’s so historic as well.
We are a nation of communities… a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.
There is a certain danger in thinking about diversity in its own little box, as something that is somehow separate from ‘normal’ comic books and comics creators.
We – what we need is a dialogue among civilizations. And we need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.
I look for diversity in roles.
The football world needs to live by its promises and live by the diversity codes. They need to be promoting opportunities for the less privileged. That’s what I want to see.
We try and give as much diversity to our show as possible. That’s something that’s very strong in our show: there are so many strong female leads in ‘The 100.’
I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.
Increasing extremism – across Africa and the world – must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders.
Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it’s own greatest strength – it’s diversity.
Ultimately, America’s answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
I think one of the strengths of Wisconsin’s economy is it’s diversity – and in making sure that we’re doing everything we can to have a state government that’s responsive to that and being here and encouraging people to expand their businesses here.
The trend today is vampires, zombies, angels, all the stuff that puts me right to sleep. It’s too bad because it’s so much less interesting than the diversity of stories you can tell with science.
Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret – these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.
I think that if companies build for diversity from the beginning from the ground up, that’s definitely the ideal state for how to build diversity into your company.
