Lilly Singh Quotes

It [being an immigrant] gave me a huge advantage. Being an immigrant is the best of both worlds. You’re programmed two different ways. You’re bringing the best from your culture—and Hispanic culture has so many great things—and mixing it with the greatest country in the world. That gives us an advantage in comparison to somebody who was born in the U.S., went to school here, and the U.S. is all they’ve seen. We’ve seen the other side.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

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.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

If you want to appeal to everyone, you can't do a world tour and expect black people to show up at every date - when you're in Australia, when you're in Dubai, when you're in Indonesia.

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.

Learn to understand the culture of those that you wish to influence.

well-meaning programs celebrating multiculturalism … might aggravate more than educate, might intensify rather than diminish, intolerance.

Genuine cosmopolitanism is a rare thing. It requires comfort with real difference, with forms of life that are truly exotic relative to one's own.

Multiculturalism isn't just a buzzword; it's not just something to debate - I am multiculturalism.

The multiculturalism of Britain is one of our greatest strengths in music, literature, and visual art, but the TV and film industry doesn't tap into the multicultural talent pool in the U.K. as much as they do in the U.S.

We want to make tennis look like America when it comes to cultural backgrounds.

From 'Fonejacker,' multiculturalism has been a big part of my repertoire.

We're a country of many different cultures, and that's always what has made this country stand out. It almost feels like making diverse movies is the most American thing you can do.

I think it's really important that we have diversity - whether it's different languages, cultures - be involved in film and in the arts.

I've always said that the more ethnic you become, the more international your film becomes.

When you experience playing in two different leagues, you learn to adapt; you pick up elements from the best virtues of each culture.

If you're playing with somebody from another idiom, you can't react to them in the same way that you react to somebody that is closer to your idiom. You don't fall into the same habits. You find a new way of communicating.

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'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership.

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

I'm a British intern going in. I'm hoping that John will just kind of tackle it from who this person is and what she's about rather than trying to go in on her culture. We need to move a step forward than that.