M. H. Abrams Quotes

I feel like there's so many voices, and it's necessary for there to be a lot of different voices because we can't all like the same art. That would just be so boring... If anybody wants to hear it, I'm here. It makes for a more interesting world for there to be more than one kind of singer.

I've never been a proponent of something monolithic.

I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

I always like an environment where there's lots of women and everyone's different.

We're not all supposed to think alike.

You know, different people are going to react different ways. And I don't think we should be intolerable because people do things a little differently.

Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.

One size doesn't fit all, and I don't have a monopoly over good ideas.

The NFL is made up of 1,800 players, guys from different religious backgrounds, different upbringings. I love Peyton Manning. But I don't want 1,800 Peyton Mannings in the NFL.

Real people - everyone is not just one thing.

There is not one description of beauty - that in fact it has different faces, different stories, and different background, and it's important to embrace all of those.

Thats what I crave that diversity.

The most universal quality is diversity.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

It is possible to be different and still be all right. There can be two - or more - answers to the same question, and all can be right.

We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.

I could never be a member of a single party. I want the best of all worlds, thank you.

I'm a lot of things at once. I want my audience to choose the side they like most about me.

No one is any one thing.

We are not a monolithic group of individuals, not every single person believes the exact same thing.

I never want to be just one thing - I want to be multidimensional.

People are complex. You can be smart and still look hot. You can be a punk rocker yet have a refined vocabulary. It's all about this mashup that makes us who we are and I think that's a beautiful thing.

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.