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"They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them."
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"Gay people were seen as magical, too. I mean, like in many cultures, men were viewed as warriors and women were viewed as caregivers. But gay people, being both male and female, were seen as both warriors and caregivers. Gay people could do anything. They were like Swiss Army knives!"
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"The complex mix of unique people rising from different identities, beliefs, education, gender, upbringing, point of views and ethnicity have unequal sense in their impact in other's status, opportunities, resources, talents, skills and productivity. It is very good to live with cultural humility that complements competency and proficiency."
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"Part of our tradition as black women is that we are universalists. Black children, yellow children, red children, brown children, that is the black woman's normal, day-to-day relationship. In my family alone, we are about four different colors."
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"We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor."
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"Some people think everyone should be the same as them:Look, dress, sound and act just like them."
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"At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people."
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"There is no excuse for being derogatory or dismissive about other's beliefs, paths, choices. Everyone is where they need to be at the right time to learn the right things for them and their personal journey through life."
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"In diversity is life and where there's life there's hope, was the general sum of his creed, a modest one to be sure."
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"Hating skin color is contempt for God's divine creative imagination. Honoring it is appreciation for conscious, beautiful-love-inspired diversity."
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"It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow."
Style
"During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions."
Magic
"No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge."
Time
"That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me."
Faith
"It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle."
Time
"My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history."
History
"I'm dense when it comes to discouragement."
Communication
"I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans."
Books
"I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command."
Success
"Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet."
Diversity
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