Pierre Nanterme Quotes

In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.

I believe in diversity in front of and behind the camera.

If you believe, as we believe, that diversity leads to better products, and we're all about making products that enrich people's lives, then you obviously put a ton of energy behind diversity the same way you would put a ton of energy behind anything else that is truly important.

The tech community has taken the first step by recognizing that diversity is a strength and realizing that many of them have to work on their culture.

I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.' You feel a tremendous responsibility, not to take the black side of things but to make sure that side gets heard, because if I don't do it, who's going to do it?

Diversity is not only color, but it also includes individuals with disabilities.

If you want more diversity in the industry, you need diverse people writing scripts and developing them.

Managers have to demand more of their HR departments, and they have to demand more of themselves. And we all have to be open to hiring people that don't look like us and that don't sound like us, and not find that threatening.

In everything I've done, I've always tried to make room for indigenous people, to include them.

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

I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to represent all the Rogers out there who don't have a seat at the table. People of colour were not at the table, and now I am there, I want to change things.

Inclusion and transparency have been mainstays of my leadership. It's about education and reaching out.

I have never wavered from my intention to advance the cause of diversity in new and more effective ways.

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens.

Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something about it, crafting strong, modern heroes for a modern audience.

We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

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.

As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.

Make black history every day, I don't need a month

[We] must come to understand what it means to be a member of the minority or other small partner people, and to be ready to give that minority assurances which are necessary for a majority..

One of the nice things about being chairman of the Civil Rights Commission is you can get people to listen to you. You can get the Federal Reserve to listen to you. You can get the governors to listen to you.

Imagine if we could create the most just workplace in the world. We would naturally be a magnet for all the great minds out there.

If you are not diverse, you are saying, 'I don't want to be successful.'