Aja Brown Quotes

The community that stands behind a culture as a comprehensively productive personality must be so extensive that in it, to a certain degree, all partialities balance out and work together.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.

Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity.

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

For centuries, individuals have been learning how to live with their next-door neighbours.

People cutting across caste and communal lines like me. I go to north Karnataka, where people from all communities come to my meetings and rallies.

I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education. And through music and art and basketball and activities and joys that people share worldwide, regardless of ethnic background or religious orientation.

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.

I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.

I grew up in a neighborhood with blacks and Puerto Ricans and Italians, the whole gamut, so conveying unity has always meant a lot to me.

I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.

Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.

Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.

As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.

I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.

Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.

Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.

Apart from the scientific interest attached to my various journeyings, it has been made clear to me that human needs and aspirations differ little the world over and that no great difficulties arise in one race dealing with another when matters of scientific importance are involved.

Everybody needs to show respect to each others' ways and the cultural life that you get on this planet. Don't get caught up on 'I'm brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.' You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492? All these names we're using now are just an illusion made to keep us fighting each other.

As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity.

The great thing about musicals is that they transcend race.

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

I see lots of differences between Australians and Americans - but as mothers, I think we're pretty much alike!