Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes

It's funny because I feel like growing up in Europe and having these different experiences, I feel like I can talk to anybody. I'm always comfortable in every situation that I go in, and that helps me on the court.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership.

I'm glad I was faced with different cultures when I was growing up because I wasn't fazed by it. It has been a huge benefit to me; I feel comfortable wherever I go.

My humour comes from acknowledging different communities. That's what my fans are responding to - they know that I 'get it.' I understand them. I take the time to understand them. I get more complaints from people when I don't talk about them. I've had guys come up to me after a show and go, 'You didn't talk about Latvians!'

I think why my content does so well with so many different types of people is because it speaks to everyone. I'll make a Soca music reference, I'll use a Tamil word, I'll do a Jamaican Patois accent. I know about all these people, and I'm not afraid to indulge in their culture.

I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders.

The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.

Learn to understand the culture of those that you wish to influence.

Genuine cosmopolitanism is a rare thing. It requires comfort with real difference, with forms of life that are truly exotic relative to one's own.

The experience of travelling, getting familiar with other languages, other cultures definitely helps. It makes you a better person.

I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.

We need to educate young people, give them the possibility to understand that the diversity is positive, to feel and experience it, so that they can then join forces in promoting more diverse world.

I like meeting people from other walks of life and finding out about other worlds, and knowing that I'm fairly adept at one world and really stupid in many others.

I find that I often forget that people come from all over. In interfaces, products, experiences, and building for people, we always forget that people are not us.

I feel like I'm cultured enough to fit into any environment.

We have a lot of work we need to do to make sure all of our children have a better understanding of this diverse and wonderful and beautiful world.

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.

This is my hobby. Reaching out, getting to know other people's cultures, traveling to other people's countries.

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

Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge.

I think cross-cultural dialogue is something that has hugely impacted the richness of the culture of our world.

I can empathise with different cultural expressions and am open to things that seem strange at first sight.

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

I had to adapt to other worlds, and that helped to educate me that we are all basically the same.