Ananya Birla Quotes

Growing up, my dad was the ultimate person for open-mindedness.

My mum certainly isn't a prude, nor is my brother, so I think I'm lucky to have a family like that.

My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.

My father was never anti-anything in our house.

It is increasingly important to be open-minded.

My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to.

I do think my childhood is one of the fundamental reasons that I'm able to do my job. We were raised in this totally nonjudgmental family. We never knew who was going to walk in the front door. And as a journalist and a photographer, you walk into so many different scenes that you have to be open to everything.

If my parents had discouraged me, I would have turned out very differently. They raised me in an open-minded, liberal environment.

I swing both ways. I can see things from a kind of conservative point of view and from a more socially liberal or left-wing point of view.

Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.

Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.

My dad's cool. He is socially liberal.

My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.

He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any.

Since opinions do not find in me a ready soil to thrust and spread their roots into, no premise shocks me, no belief hurts me, no matter how opposite to my own they may be.

I come from a middle-class family, but we are open-minded people.

My mother was progressive in her thinking.

I keep an open mind.

My mother is a very liberal wife and mother, so there was no peer pressure to marry.

One thing I've learned is that you have to be open-minded.

I am who I am because of the people who influenced me growing up, and many of them were gay. No one has any right to tell anyone what makes a family

I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so laid-back.

I like a lot of different things equally, with no boundaries, and in a very serious way.

My father loved me and was devoted to me until he knew I was gay, and then our relationship went south. So I always make sure that I let my sons know that I will love them, no matter what they do or who they become, for the rest of their lives.

I am tolerant. I want to understand other points of view.