Sylvia Kristel Quotes

I feel at home in Shondaland. I feel a lot of things at Shondaland, but one of the things I feel that I haven't felt before is at home. I feel accepted for who I am and acknowledged for who I am. I feel like my ideas are embraced.

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.

If I can help create an environment where the principles that I believe in can be implemented - to me, that's fulfilling.

Personally, it's a comfort and happiness to know that my work is taken seriously and is not marginalised and put in a box of ethnic immigrant writing in America.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

I am so grateful that the public has given me this gift. They look at me as a person - not as a race or a color. The word for it is freedom - to be accepted as me.

I learned tolerance at a very early age.

I think we need to not speak over black women, not assign them labels.

What I would love to happen is to have people at the top of their game - straight, gay, cisgender, transgender, whatever - to volunteer with us, as long as they have something of value to offer and they see the value in our community.

Any team member, any community member wants and needs to know they count, that they're welcome, and that they're important.

Nike believes in a world where everyone celebrates the power of diversity.

I grew up in a household where we all celebrated who we were. There was no space to make people feel different or 'less than.'

When a woman on your team or in your network comes up with an idea, make sure she gets credit for it.

Empowering those around you to be heard and valued makes the difference between a leader who simply instructs and one who inspires.

Different is good.

Diversity requires commitment. Achieving the superior performance diversity can produce needs further action - most notably, a commitment to develop a culture of inclusion. People do not just need to be different, they need to be fully involved and feel their voices are heard.

When I joined New Order, I was made to feel equal to everyone else in the band so I didn't feel like an outsider. I was treated equally, I was paid equally, and my opinion was sought after.

My dad taught not only tolerance but appreciation for every human being.

Everyone is welcome in drag. Everyone is important and valuable.

We've got to make sure our veteran, Democratic veterans are strengthened and feel like they are fully included.

Surround yourself with people who are going to support you regardless of what your sexual orientation is, and you can have a beautiful life filled with love.

Let's not put anybody down. Instead, let's lift each other up. Let's bring out the absolute best from our fellow Americans - every single one of them from every single community.

I am very proud to say that America is my home! I have so much respect for this country and the people in it. I'm so grateful that you guys have taken me in with care and respect.

We're strongest when we're united, and we're united when everyone has an opportunity to contribute their talents and ideas.

When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.