Gina Prince-Bythewood Quotes

We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

When people sit across from people - gay, straight, whatever - and they talk, they find out that people they may have been demonizing for their lifetime aren't the demons we've expected them to be.

It's a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some cases rapidly, in some, slowly.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

There are so many people in the world with so many different perspectives. But ultimately, at the heart of it, they're people.

I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

Regarding race or gender or sexuality, one of the great things about art and music is that they can provide people with very little else in common with a similar entry point for discussion, but the discussions still need to happen for life to get more interesting.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human.

Everyone can relate to me no matter what race or who you are or how you feeling.

Let's not demonize people who don't happen to agree with us.

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

To achieve progress in the face of adversity, we need a genuine commitment to gaining a deeper understanding of humanity. I'd like to see a world with more leaders who are familiar with the depths of the views of those they deeply disagree with, so that they can understand the nuances of everyone they're representing.

Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.

Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right?

The main purpose of engaging in conversation can no longer be personal advancement or respectability. Instead, I'd like for us to use conversations to create equality, to open ourselves to strangers, and, most practically, to remake our working world.

Once you have dialogue starting, you know you can break down prejudice.

I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.

My world is not spectacle and explosion. It's two people talking.

I don't mind have an uncomfortable conversation if those uncomfortable conversations can lead to a bigger dialogue and help us get to a better understanding of whatever it is we are discussing.

In order for us to have changes in society, we have to do a better job with listening to each other, listening to stories, listening to experiences and sharing things. That's the way you're able to come to a better understanding of people in general. We have to do a better job in society. It starts at the top.