Rivaldo Quotes

I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard.

I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.

Soaps are a double-edged sword. There can be prejudice from some writers and producers who feel you will lower the currency of their work if you've been in one. You have to rise above such ludicrous prejudice.

I don't like to be pigeonholed; I don't like when people won't see me for something because they don't think I can do it. I always feel like, at least give me the shot.

It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

I think there is sort of a general universal perception of me, or someone who looks like me, as someone who is kind of menacing, dark or mysterious.

Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism.

I think I'm going to be stereotyped forever, but I'm not scared of being stereotyped.

I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.

Any deviation is looked upon as a perversion, is feared, and is usually a target of hatred and prejudice.

Relying on the face might be human nature - even babies prefer to look at attractive people. But, of course, judging someone based on the geometry of his features is, from a moral and legal standpoint, no better than judging him based on the color of his skin.

If you believe that discrimination exists, it will.

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.

I go into meetings, and people have this preconceived notion of me that I didn't work hard to get where I am.

Stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them.

Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

Stereotypes and perceptions have their real effects.

Prejudices are the props of civilization.

There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation, or a distinct group by its least worthy members.

You can’t be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval of affirmative action.… We have to prove ourselves and we have to work hard doing it.

Some people might think that what I've done before made it easier for me to get jobs, but it was actually a disadvantage. I had to work even harder.

We've come a long way, but there is still a lot of discrimination.

I am against discrimination of any kind, but if I make snap judgments, no matter who it's towards, aren't I committing the same sin as someone who profiles?