Top 1200 Minority Quotes & Sayings - Page 5
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Last updated on December 4, 2024.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
It is more important to engage the public positively with choice and competition to everyone than to be directed into a benefit for a minority.
When you're the single French person in the middle of 10 Tunisians, the majority will impose their way of life on the minority.
Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life.
Our system of government in Israel has permitted minority groups and sectarian parties to force their way on the majority.
In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
Just because someone's a member of an ethnic minority doesn't mean they're not a nasty small-minded little jerk [...]
I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern for me.
In the history of science it has often happened that the majority was wrong and refused to listen to a minority that later turned out to be right.
In every State, the government is nothing but a permanent conspiracy on the part of the minority against the majority, which it enslaves and fleeces.
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.
Most of my friends were white. I grew up really the only minority in my school, along with my sister.
When I work on a piece I always think if there is an abundance of male characters which one could we change to a woman or a minority character.
Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.
If you are a junior member of a minority party - one of 100 people - in the U.S. Senate, what really can you do? Well, you're just going to get frustrated.
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more unique when there's fewer of you.
It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.
There is no doubt that Stop-and-Frisk does not yield the desired results, and it is apparent that it disproportionately targets minority communities.
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.
My comments concerning persons afflicted with AIDS as well as various minority groups have left people wondering if I am a racist.
The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
In minority communities there's a sensitivity, often a knee-jerk reaction, to critical representations. There's a misunderstanding of what an artist does.
Minority founders often feel like they are on the outside looking in when it comes to Silicon Valley and tech startups in general.
I really think a minority Parliament delivers better democracy in Canada when parties are prepared to cooperate.
Yeah, I would go to New England Conservatory a lot. My orchestra teacher ran a program for minority students there.
One of my messages to Republicans is very simple: One-third of your schedule should be listening to people in minority communities.
Ideas are a dime a dozen, but people who put them into effect are extremely rare. Be the minority and make it happen!
Even as a kid I remember seeing 'Minority Report' and just crying my eyes out. It was horrible what was happening to her. That was my mum!
When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else.
I'm dedicated to healing the wounds between police and minority communities so both sides feel safe again.
To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.
We should not allow a tiny minority of shoddy scientists and science and extreme ideologues to compete with scientific facts.
I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.
Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.
The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda.
I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more unique when there's fewer of you.'
I have worked with President Trump for two years and he is not a racist. He is a compassionate man whose policies have focused on the minority community.
Electorally, the number of women who want to wear a burka is insignificant, yet it is important to defend such a minority against the tyranny of the majority.
It is good to see two women from Britain's minority ethnic communities fighting in seats that Labour won at the last election.
Steven Spielberg makes Minority Report with the newest digital technology; other directors seem to be trying to make their movies from it.
The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.
Trump in particular was such an unpopular candidate, because he's so anti communities of color, and we're a minority majority state, are you kidding?
I am in a small minority as a black female with a disability. But I've shown that even with conditions like MS, it's not the setback that it has to be.
Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority.
Humor is based on the way a man looks at life's ironies, and being a member of a minority group can certainly be ironic.
I know personally that being a conservative minority is a test of character. Identity, after all, is an integral and cherished part of the self.
There is a minority of gifted, willfuf people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong in this class.
That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the world.
As long as men are free to speak, a small, rational minority will always prevail over an irrational majority.
Every single person in this world is a minority in one way or another. It just depends on how you slice the pie.
Research shows that the deciscions of a group as a whole are more thoughtful and creative when there is minority dissent than when it is absent.
Nothing makes the minority leader more mad than when his side is forced to play by its own rules.
Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
As a city, we have to face the reality that New York's minority communities experience a disproportionate share of violent crime.
Instead of minority and majority politics, if we try and give the same rights to all, it is not polarisation. This is the core value of our Constitution.
I've always found that avoiding insanity is useful in life - which in American politics sometimes puts one in the minority.
I don't think people understand the model-minority stereotype is negative. You are boxed in. You have to untangle that to find your own path.
