Pete Cashmore Quotes

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.

We [people] need to stop lumping folks together and start living together. Otherwise, we're going to kill each other off because you don't believe what I believe. That's crazy.

If you're talking about coexisting and tolerance then you have to live by example, and you can't have shiny people all the time everywhere, which is what breeds that sort of thinking - this is better than this, that is better than that.

There are still places in America that we need to nurture, to allow them to understand that there are other ways of living, and it's not wrong, just because it's not your way of living.

We have a relational problem with those who are suffering or who are different from us. All of us are most comfortable around people who are like us culturally and economically.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

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.

The value of tolerance is central to living in today's world - especially in diverse places like the Bronx.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

I'm, like, everybody's friend. I'm one of those dudes. I can be friends with anybody. Any race of person, any personality, I can kind of deal with them. I accept different types of people.

We've never slammed people over the head or made 'The Flash' an after-school special. With us, it's always been presenting the world in which we live. The world in which we live, men and women work together; different races work together, and you have gay friends, and people have relationships. We just try to show that.

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

We're just welcoming people to our city.

Tolerance actually does exist on Broadway.

The truth is all kinds of people exist everywhere. So let's tell their stories, too.

I think living in the U.S. it has given me an outsider's perspective on South Africa, and something that makes South Africans shine is our warm heartedness, and how we welcome and accept everyone, we are truly a nation of community, who embraces diversity.

There's a lot of people in this world, and it's important to learn about them.

I encourage people and their different points of view.

We're all people, no matter what colour.

It comes from within to not be ashamed of our brothers and sisters who have accents.

We tend to gravitate towards our tribes; the challenge is to understand the people of other tribes.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

I think we should appreciate ethnicity and diversity, and appreciate the uniqueness of all people, but I don't think we should be ethnocentric. These things are not ultimate.

The awful lesson of history is that we too often ignore people, just because they're foreigners or different from us.