Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes

I wanted to work with people from the world, with different minds and different visions.

I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness.

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

I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.

In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.

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

Societies are being interconnected and we have to adjust to that fact.

I know somebody in every culture.

Americans want to be exposed to the opportunities that a changing world can offer.

When I go to Iran, I see... that there are all different shades and colors in Iran, from atheist to religious zealot. So Iran is no different than any other country. I mean, they are connected with the rest of the world.

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

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

The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless.

The world is far more interconnected today. Hence the need to understand each other is greater than ever before.

I got exposed to so many different cultures and people.

I'm interested in internationalism. It's the new multiculturalism. How we deal with each other isn't sufficient any more. It's about time we examine how we interact with the rest of the world we live in.

Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages.

The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.

The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will always take pride in cultural heritage.

American audiences very rarely deal with material outside their borders.

I love how small the world is.

There really is a sense of internationalism in the heartland.

We are surrounded by people with accents because America is a nation of immigrants. Beyond that, the people who made your iPhone and the shirt on your back are probably Asians, and we're really not that disconnected from each other; we have very intimate relationships with the world, whether or not we realize it.

My company, East West, was founded on the premise that people need to group together and not be xenophobic, parochial, or provincial.

The world is such a small place.