Best Ethnic Wisdom
298 Ethnic quotes by 254 unique authors
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When you have a Jewish mother who has a very strong Jewish family, it's very ethnic in its practices. Eating brisket, the food and the…
— Goldie
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I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or who are French Canadians or…
— Jimmy Carter
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I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic…
— Diane von Furstenberg
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I would like to do a series about sequencing the human genome, and also analyze more human diversity among other ethnic groups - a 'Faces…
— Henry Louis Gates
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You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to...…
— Henry Louis Gates
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What liberals mean by 'goose-stepping' or 'ethnic cleansing' is generally something along the lines of 'eliminating taxpayer funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.'…
— Ann Coulter
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People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.
— Janice Dickinson
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These days it's cool to be ethnic and to be different, but when I was a kid, it was not cool - at all. My…
— Giada De Laurentiis
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We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't…
— Roger Ebert
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Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.
— William Hague
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Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all…
— William Hague
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'WASP' is the only ethnic term that is in fact a term of class, apart from redneck, which is another word for the same group…
— Christopher Hitchens
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The British are the last national group who can be insulted by Hollywood without any comeback. These days if you depict Italians as gangsters, Saudis…
— Simon Hoggart
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home…
— Xi Jinping
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Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.
— Tommy Lee Jones
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When Hegel later became a man of influence' he insisted that the Jews should be granted equal rights because civic rights belong to man because…
— Walter Kaufmann
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Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come…
— Aung San Suu Kyi
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Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.
— Dalai Lama
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I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
— John Major
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I try to find the core values that are so fundamental that they transcend ethnic identity. That doesn't mean I run from it. I embrace…
— Wynton Marsalis
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I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.
— George Michael
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I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.
— Freida Pinto
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There is not racial or ethnic domination of hopelessness. It's everywhere.
— Sidney Poitier
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Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time…
— Bernie Sanders
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No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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