Top 1200 Ethnic Groups Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

The point is, you have an ethnic heritage and you have a human heritage. Your human heritage includes everything of human value.

When you grow up in that (multi-ethnic) environment, you see the world differently. Being a mixed-race child, I didn't always see colour in people, I really didn't. It was other people that made me see the colour all the time.

I was that gay kid in high school who didn't have a lot of close friends but circulated amongst groups of people when necessary.

With access to enough Facebook data, it would finally be possible to take the first stab at simulating society 'in silico.' The implications were astonishing: You could, in theory simulate a future society to create problems like ethnic tension or wealth disparity and watch how they play out.

Usually, I'll be auditioning for the third lead, and there will be Latina actresses, Indian actresses, African American actresses because it will be like, 'Let's check off this box. We have our lead white girl, and we need an ethnic slot.'

Non-violent extremism is essentially the increase of intolerant and bigoted demands made by groups seeking to dominate society.

When I first started, as long as you were a bit brown, you could play any kind of ethnic anything. Now it's much more localised and specific. I feel like a wise old woman looking back on the evolution of how much more sophisticated audiences are.

It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.

If you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever I'm with them forces me to be in the moment.

Fundamentalist groups like Christian Embassy have infiltrated the very top of the U.S. military and gained positions of influence in the Pentagon.

All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.

Thanks to the arrival of such spirited and purposeful groups as X, the Blasters, R.E.M., and the Replacements, American rock has made a spectacular comeback.

I have felt at times with groups of children that I was really being what every poet would like to be - a bard in the old sense.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

Put simply, we are still at war with radical Islamic groups and an ideological movement that can't be ignored nor wished away.

I knew I was gay when I was around 13. There wasn't the internet, there weren't support groups, AIDS was everywhere. I mean, it was really dark.

There is no obstacle in the path of young people who are poor or members of minority groups that hard work and preparation cannot cure.

Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals.

The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other.

My priorities are always the children and the elderly when it comes to our healthcare system, as both groups are unable to help themselves.

Nineteen sixty-eight was one exciting moment in a much larger movement. It spawned a whole range of movements. There wouldn't have been an international global solidarity movement, for instance, without the events of 1968. It was enormous, in terms of human rights, ethnic rights, a concern for the environment, too.

There are a lot of people who don't think girl groups last very long, but Girls' Generation wants to break that theory.

We would love to see walking groups more widely recommended by physicians, health trainers and nurses.

We must live in groups; other people are like nutrients for us, and are absolutely essential for our survival.

The groups who spend the most on lobbying lawmakers in Washington are well-known: ExxonMobil, Boeing, AT&T, General Electric.

Transnational organized cybercriminal groups have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and ordinary citizens.

It's just making sure that everyone is treated equally. Is that so progressive? I don't think it's progressive, I think it's human. And not just gay people - women's rights, immigrants, people of different ethnic backgrounds.

I have joined bipartisan working groups and worked to build relationships and sponsor effective legislation with my Republican colleagues.

Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.

Power in the hands of particular groups and classes serves like a prism to refract reality through their own perspective.

Your ethnic or sexual identity, what region of the country you're from, what your class is - those aspects of your identity are not the same as your aesthetic identity.

There are great slender models, great tall models, Amazonian models, great busty models - my point is models of all shapes and sizes, age, ethnic background should be embraced and celebrated.

A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws.

Undergraduates today can select from a swathe of identity studies.... The shortcoming of all these para-academic programs is not that they concentrate on a given ethnic or geographical minority; it is that they encourage members of that minority to study themselves - thereby simultaneously negating the goals of a liberal education and reinforcing the sectarian and ghetto mentalities they purport to undermine.

We should recognise the mirrors of exclusion and mirrors of extremism in our society. The inequalities and disadvantages among visible minorities are also prevalent in the white working class. Political extremism and disengagement is mirrored between white and ethnic minority communities.

People will always want to get together in groups at plays and have the contagious thing of someone laughing with them.

Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.

In entertainment, whether it's movies or television or whatever, I'm a great audience, but I don't remember the names of the people I've seen or the groups that I've heard.

If Pakistan and ISI stop supporting terrorist groups, security situation in South Asia would improve significantly.

College students who tend to study alone learn more over time than those who work in groups.

I welcome the work that the Clinton Global Initiative has done with groups and individuals like Bono and all that's happened around the world.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

Never short of guns and guerrillas, Afghanistan has proven fertile ground for a host of insurgent groups in addition to the Taliban.

Crankish attacks on the freedom to read are common at present. When backed and coordinated by organized groups, they become sinister.

If the chain symmetry is maintained in the crystal lattice, the possible occurrence of different space groups is considerably restricted.

Nowadays, truth is the greatest news. The mass media are the wholesalers, the peer groups, the retailers of the communications industry.

School boards are, for the most part ,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about.

It is my understanding that some groups who are opposed to visiting our campus are basing their decision on Liberty's concealed carry policy.

It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.

Diverse groups of countries can do a lot by trading amongst themselves, exploiting differences in costs, resources, and technologies.

I rest a bit more when I keep. The only thing I have to look after is my back and using different muscle groups.

People get involved not just in politics but in groups and sects and... forget the main reason why we're here: to worship Allah.

It is my hope that inter-religious and ecumenical cooperation will demonstrate that men and women do not have to forsake their identity, whether ethnic or religious, in order to live in harmony with their brothers and sisters. If we are honest in presenting our convictions, we will be able to see more clearly what we hold in common.

School boards are, for the most part,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about.

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us.

Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students.

We don't do focus groups - that is the job of the designer. It's unfair to ask people who don't have a sense of the opportunities of tomorrow from the context of today to design.

I understand the Rooney Rule and I understand why it is critical in America. I certainly think there are differences between the American system and in American football, there is such a large percentage of players who are of ethnic backgrounds. I think there is a difference here... I don't think its appropriate here.

Single men and determined groups have been the only makers of space in which man could walk free.