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Different Backgrounds Quotes

What varied upbringings bring to the table.

These quotes look at how people from different backgrounds are valued unevenly in the labour market, even when they bring comparable skill and effort. One line credits athletics, more than politics, with bringing Equality closer.

Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgrounds can rationally value the same opportunities differently.

Quotes by Vivienne Ming

God created the races. He created different backgrounds and cultures. But He created them all to operate under His authority.

Quotes by Tony Evans

Social entrepreneurs come from different backgrounds and are by and large, starved of capital. Such socialpreneurs must have extraordinary passion to follow their dreams.

Quotes by Sudha Murty

I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.

Quotes by Sofia Coppola

Best Quotes

A number of scientists with greatly different backgrounds can come up with completely different assessments. The discussions or controversies are endless. Once a year, we try to bring the most important discoverers together to exchange their experiences and knowledge.

Quotes by Richard Leakey

Nothing has done more to bring people of different races and different backgrounds together than athletics, certainly more than politicians have done. It's why the Greeks invented the Olympics.

Quotes by Mike Leach

I'm not so Hollywood; I live in New York, so it's very normal. I don't have many friends in the industry. My friends come from all sorts of different backgrounds and careers.

Quotes by Michelle Monaghan

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share a common life. What matters is that people of different backgrounds and social positions encounter one another, and bump up against one another, in the course of...

Quotes by Michael Sandel

Diversity is not a skin thing, necessarily. Diversity is you have people around the table who have different backgrounds and different experiences and think differently.

Quotes by Marc Randolph

Different Quotes

Some documentaries are made by people who are driven more by one particular story, or have different backgrounds or ambitions, but I'm always looking for projects that let me be the best filmmaker I can be, and to be stretched...

Quotes by Lucy Walker

I am hopeful that the concept of 'cultural appropriation' is a passing fad: people with different backgrounds rubbing up against each other and exchanging ideas and practices is self-evidently one of the most productive, fascinating aspects of modern urban life.

Quotes by Lionel Shriver

We need to include more writers from different backgrounds and ethnicities. We need to see different experiences instead of the same people writing the same kinds of stories.

Quotes by Letitia Wright

It is good to have healthy competition and be inspired by others, as all this helps you take up challenging roles. There are people who come from different backgrounds in this industry. In my case, my mom runs a play...

Quotes by Kiara Advani

My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations.

Quotes by Josh Charles

Equality Quotes

Playing cricket has given me an excellent opportunity to get fit and healthy, meet people of similar interests, integrate with people of different backgrounds and see the world.

Quotes by Isa Guha

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

Quotes by Irene Rosenfeld

Refugees come from many different backgrounds and live in many different circumstances, so I wouldn't like to generalise. But I think refugees from the U.K. would probably be healthier and better fed than those from many other countries.

Quotes by Gillian Cross

I'd like to see a world where there are so many Latina women leaders - and women of all different backgrounds - in the top jobs around the country. When that happens, we've succeeded.

Quotes by Geisha Williams

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

Quotes by Ernest Istook

Good Quotes

This happens to a lot of kids from different backgrounds - they lose a lot of their parents' and grandparents' teachings, language and culture because they have to deal with another language and culture 24/7. By the time I was...

Quotes by Erik Estrada

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Different Backgrounds quotes page about?
This page collects quotes about how people from different backgrounds are treated, valued, and brought together, especially in work, sport, and faith. It looks at both the challenges and the unifying effects of that diversity.
Why do people search for quotes about different backgrounds?
People search for these quotes when discussing diversity, fairness, or shared experience across different upbringings. The quotes here offer language for both the obstacles and the common ground that different backgrounds can create.
Is there a quote about fairness in the labour market?
Yes, one quote argues that a "tax on being different" means workers from different backgrounds can rationally value the same job opportunities differently. It applies an economic lens to a question usually framed only in social terms.
Do any quotes connect different backgrounds to sport?
One quote credits athletics with doing more to bring people of different races and backgrounds together than politicians have managed, crediting the Greeks with inventing the Olympics partly for that reason. See Equality quotes for more on fairness across groups.
What do these quotes say about faith and different backgrounds?
One quote credits a higher authority with creating different races, backgrounds, and cultures, while still expecting them to operate under the same authority. It frames diversity as intentional rather than incidental.

A few quotes trace this idea to faith, crediting a higher authority with creating varied cultures and backgrounds in the first place. For more on individuality itself, see Different quotes as well.