Steve Albini Quotes

You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.

Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow.

You think the only people who are people, Are the ones who look and think the way you do, But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, You'll learn the things you never knew you never knew... You can own the Earth and still, All you'll own is earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind.

It isn't easy to understand the lives of people different from your own.

People have compact to go beyond our own culture and upbringing to a degree that I think we don't acknowledge enough really.

When you get to see the world, it changes you. You realise that there are all kinds of people out there.

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.

You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently than you do.

As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

Diversity ... like anything worth having ... requires effort. Effort to learn about and respect difference, to be compassionate with one another, to cherish our own identity ... and to accept unconditionally the same in all others.

People don't realize how black people, minorities, women as well, all their lives, they have had to make the effort to understand everybody else. All my life, I've known American culture very well. I probably know American literature more than the average American.

Diversity is strength. Our cinema and our art forms need to diversify so that it tells all stories, all perspectives.

I just want to open people's eyes to different things.

I encourage people and their different points of view.

The greatest tragedy for any human being is going through their entire lives believing the only perspective that matters is their own.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

You don't have to treat people differently. You may be living a different lifestyle, but the person living that different lifestyle still can relate to anybody and have the same amazing personality of the guy from North Philly.

The hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority.

We have to understand that people are different. I don't know, if we really understand who we're dealing with over there.

Hetero - normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It's okay to be different. It's okay to stand out for whatever reason. Some people are just born that way and instead of trying to tear them down, learn something new. Be curious and open because maybe that's a pathway out for you, too.

The more people you know from different backgrounds, the more tolerant you feel of different ways of living, and the closer you feel to the issues that those people have.

The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.