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Diversity Quotes

"Embrace your diverse, prismatic colors! They make you uniquely you!"

"Embrace your diverse, prismatic colors! They make you uniquely you!"

Amy Leigh Mercree, American Author

Diversity, Identity, Uniqueness, Colors

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"Some people think everyone should be the same as them:Look, dress, sound and act just like them."

"Some people think everyone should be the same as them:Look, dress, sound and act just like them."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Diversity, Judgment, Acceptance, Individual

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"In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us."

"In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us."

Audre Lorde, American Poet

Diversity, Giving, Myth, Words

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"Plenty are the tastes and plenty are the paths."

"Plenty are the tastes and plenty are the paths."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Diversity, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

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"Navigating relationships within our own culture can be challenging enough. When diverse cultures are involved, however, a huge potential for misunderstanding, disrespect, miscommunication, and intolerance is present."

"Navigating relationships within our own culture can be challenging enough. When diverse cultures are involved, however, a huge potential for misunderstanding, disrespect, miscommunication, and intolerance is present."

Susan C. Young, American Author

Diversity, Culture, Truth, Power, Social

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"Some kids are both or neitherAnd don't want to have to choose, either."

"Some kids are both or neitherAnd don't want to have to choose, either."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Diversity, Kids, Choice, Freedom, Identity

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"The world is no longer white, black, yellow and brown. Through love, tribes have been intermixing colors to reveal a new rainbow world. And as more time passes, this racial and cultural blending will make it harder for humans to side with one race, nation or religion over another."

"The world is no longer white, black, yellow and brown. Through love, tribes have been intermixing colors to reveal a new rainbow world. And as more time passes, this racial and cultural blending will make it harder for humans to side with one race, nation or religion over another."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Diversity, World, Colors, Race, Love

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"Individuals who speak languages other than English, who speak patois as well as standard English, find it a necessary aspect of self-affirmation not to feel compelled to chose one voice over another, not to claim one as more authentic but rather to construct social realities that celebrate, acknowledge and affirm differences, variety."

"Individuals who speak languages other than English, who speak patois as well as standard English, find it a necessary aspect of self-affirmation not to feel compelled to chose one voice over another, not to claim one as more authentic but rather to construct social realities that celebrate, acknowledge and affirm differences, variety."

bell hooks, American Critic

Diversity, Language, Identity, Expression

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"When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat."

"When we are taught that safety lies always with sameness, then difference, of any kind, will appear as a threat."

bell hooks, American Critic

Diversity, Difference, Safety, Perception

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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."

"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."

Maya Angelou, American Poet

Diversity, Culture, America, Identity

"They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them."

"They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them."

Christina Engela, South African Author

Diversity, Acceptance, Fear, Prejudice

"It is when we think we can act like God, that all respect is lost, and I think this is the downfall of peace. We lie if we say we do not see color and culture and difference. We fool ourselves and cheat ourselves when we say that all of us are the same. We should not want to be the same as others and we should not want others to be the same as us. Rather, we ought to glory and shine in all of our differences, flaunting them fabulously for all to see! It is never a conformity that we need! We need not to conform! What we need is to burst out into all these beautiful colors!"

"It is when we think we can act like God, that all respect is lost, and I think this is the downfall of peace. We lie if we say we do not see color and culture and difference. We fool ourselves and cheat ourselves when we say that all of us are the same. We should not want to be the same as others and we should not want others to be the same as us. Rather, we ought to glory and shine in all of our differences, flaunting them fabulously for all to see! It is never a conformity that we need! We need not to conform! What we need is to burst out into all these beautiful colors!"

C. JoyBell C., American Author

Diversity, Respect, Identity, Truth

"We were all created differently, each with his/her calling and purpose."

"We were all created differently, each with his/her calling and purpose."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Diversity, Calling, Purpose, Creation

"Those who have darkness in their minds turn their bodies into darkness as well! Life is colourful; be like a rainbow, use every colour! Don't get stuck in one colour, be colourful! Black, red, yellow, green, let all the colours be your colours! Those who have colourful minds will have colourful bodies as well!"

"Those who have darkness in their minds turn their bodies into darkness as well! Life is colourful; be like a rainbow, use every colour! Don't get stuck in one colour, be colourful! Black, red, yellow, green, let all the colours be your colours! Those who have colourful minds will have colourful bodies as well!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Diversity, Happiness, Life, Truth, Inspirational

"Any regime or any government which motivates its own people to be different than one another is a good regime, is a good government! Encourage people to think differently, to act differently, and to believe in different things, otherwise you create just a herd of animals!"

"Any regime or any government which motivates its own people to be different than one another is a good regime, is a good government! Encourage people to think differently, to act differently, and to believe in different things, otherwise you create just a herd of animals!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Diversity, Wisdom, Power, Truth, Inspirational

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