Jose Manuel Barroso Quotes

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

Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.

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

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.

I think the world is always going to be as diverse as it always has been.

The longer you work here, diverse it gets.

You have to adjust to where you are but the French are all together - the guys and the women. It's good.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

We have to accept the world has become this place where we have to interact with people who are very different from us.

We live in a multi-cultural world, so embracing diversity is important in every industry.

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.

I think we are evolving rapidly into one world culture. It's certainly one world economy. With billions of people online, I think we'll appreciate the wisdom in many different traditions as we learn more about them. People were very isolated and didn't know anything about other religions 100 years ago.

We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.

I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.

The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.

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

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

L.A.'s become so cosmopolitan in its casting and also in its world view.

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

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

Diversity doesn't mean black and white only.