Quotes about Diversity

So much talent comes from the base of poverty and those in the margins. You limit the base, you miss too much talent.

The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.

The media attention does not bother me. I am very happy that the media is at least interested in sports other than cricket.

Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There's a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they're going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.

Some people prefer a world where we're all equally talented in everything. Whether you prefer that world or not, I don't think that world exists.

Having a CEO, having that person run a news corporation who's female, is already a talking point.

People talk of life's storms as if they are universal experiences. But they're not. Some people hear thunder while others touch lightning.

Sometimes it takes travelling the world to realize that it isn't ok to be different, it's freaking awesome!

I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality.

Finally, we should note that in the Song, the Bridegroom is sometimes called a king and the bride a queen. Sometimes he is a shepherd; sometimes they are workers in the vineyard. Sometimes they are in a palace; sometimes in the field. This teaches that people of all social classes are called to participate in spiritual life at the highest level.

We must remember that it was God who chose to give us different personalities, backgrounds, races, and preferences, so we should value and enjoy those differences, not merely tolerate them. God wants unity, not uniformity. But for unity's sake we must never let differences divide us. We must stay focused on what matters most — learning to love each other as Christ has loved us