Rain Dove Quotes

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

Diversity is crucial.

I think diversity is a challenge everywhere.

We need to educate our audience. It's so important to have diversity. Let's not fear different voices.

I have friends who are black, white, purple, gay, straight, Martian, yellow, old, and young. I have friends who are animals and a few who I believe to be robots. All of them are people to me. In my mind, it's not about what you look like or what you do; it's about who you are inside.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

I am committed to examining my feelings and will recognize, appreciate and respect the differences among people in our society.

I'm not against anybody. I'm really not. I'm not a hater. I'm not homophobic. I honestly don't care what people do personally in their individual lives.

I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

Tolerance is held to be a condition of mind which is encouraged by, and is necessary for, civilization.

Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad.

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know?

One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas.