When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model. – Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Nuclear is an important part of the heritage of Duke. We operate the largest regulated nuclear fleet in the U.S. We love the diversity of the generation. – Lynn Good
If we truly seek diversity in fiction, we have to let the needs of others come before our need to define ourselves as social justice allies. – Jennifer Armintrout
Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States. – Michelle Obama
Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one’s principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic. – Madeleine M. Kunin
Now is not the time for us to shy away from challenging ourselves to make substantive change for the better. We have the opportunity to raise the bar in the faith-based world by forging a culture in which inclusivity, diversity, and equality are paramount. – Lynn Schusterman
The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment. – Johannes Kepler
Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions… Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity. – Muhammad Iqbal
I have very strong views on TV. There’s no diversity, there’s no choice. Things are decided by committee. – John Lloyd
I think the whole, like, cultural diversity and the arty side of London is really, really great. And how it’s so historic as well. – Lily Allen
The arts and a belief in the values of the civil rights movement, in the overwhelming virtue of diversity, these were our religion. My parents worshipped those ideals. – Jonathan Lethem
In a television interview, I said that diversity in our children’s books should include the adventures of disabled children, travellers and gipsies, LGBT teens, different cultures, classes, colours, religions. It shouldn’t be a token gesture, nor do such stories need to be ‘issue-based’. – Malorie Blackman
While the books I read as a child lacked diversity in the strict sense, they didn’t lack values. Reading, I didn’t see me externally, but I felt me – my humanity. – Jewell Parker Rhodes
I believe we need more culturally diverse books – about disabled characters, though not about their disability, about people with different sexual orientations, or a boy who is a cross-dresser. We need to reflect the diversity of our society. – Malorie Blackman
As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference. – Jalal Talabani
Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today. – Jinato Hu
I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity. – Jose Manuel Barroso
I want to bring awareness to the lack of diversity in ballet, and feel like that’s a large part of my purpose. – Misty Copeland
We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity. – Julie Bishop
The call for diversity is about recognizing that in order to be in the conversation come awards season, it goes back to the content that is being produced. – Mahershala Ali
I think that New York is the city of all cities. There is so much diversity there. I also like that when I go there, I can catch a play or musical and see some of the most talented people practicing their craft. – Kevin Johnson
As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color. – Lesli Linka Glatter
As far as diversity’s concerned, there’s me, there’s Al Madrigal, there’s Aasif Mandvi. But I’m not walking around feeling black all the time. That would stress me out. – Jessica Williams
For me, I want to see diversity in storytelling sources because we live in a very diverse society, and the stories are for the whole society. That’s really important. For me, as a female filmmaker, when I was out on the festival circuit on 2006, I felt like such a freaking anomaly – an oddity. – Lynn Shelton
When a television show like ‘Scandal’ becomes the biggest show in recent history, suddenly advertisers and networks want to jump on that. And what it’s showing is that people want to see diversity. – Jussie Smollett
We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity. – Lamar Alexander
If you’re trying to be more creative, one of the most important things you can do is increase the volume and diversity of the information to which you are exposed. – Jonah Lehrer