Marcia L. Fudge Quotes

I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.

I think why my content does so well with so many different types of people is because it speaks to everyone. I'll make a Soca music reference, I'll use a Tamil word, I'll do a Jamaican Patois accent. I know about all these people, and I'm not afraid to indulge in their culture.

We - what we need is a dialogue among civilizations. And we need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.

Diversity is not just the right thing to do but right for business.

Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better!

A lot of issues that we have in the world today rise from the fact that we do not know enough about each other's cultures, that we don't respect each other's origins and there is so much negativity and strife around because we don't know where the other person is coming from.

The first rule of multiculturalism is that you can't talk about multiculturalism.

I want to send a message that we value our Muslim communities.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

The best thing we can do is prepare people to lead in a much more diverse environment and see that as one of our national assets and one of the things that makes America strong.

I don't do politics, I don't do religion, I don't do ethnic jokes.

I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand.

In New Zealand, men and women would not take a party seriously if it did not have a good gender - and increasingly racial - mix. It's not about being politically correct; it's just who we are.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

We know that diversity can sometimes be more uncomfortable because things are less familiar - but it gets the best results.

In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important.

I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with as much dignity and integrity as I can muster.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women.

In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.

My humour comes from acknowledging different communities. That's what my fans are responding to - they know that I 'get it.' I understand them. I take the time to understand them. I get more complaints from people when I don't talk about them. I've had guys come up to me after a show and go, 'You didn't talk about Latvians!'

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.