Ethnic Quotes

298 Ethnic quotes by 254 unique authors

The thing that is making jazz healthy today is that people are coming out of other backgrounds - from rock, folk, from ethnic music. It's… — Billy Taylor
We have the ability to achieve, if we master the necessary goodwill, a common global society blessed with a shared culture of peace that is… — Mahnaz Afkhami
I have wanted to give Iraq a lesson in democracy - because we're experienced with it, you know. And, in democracy, after a hundred years,… — Kurt Vonnegut
Our expanding ethnic diversity of this century, a time when we will all be minorities, offers us an invitation to create a larger memory of… — Ronald Takaki
When I was a young student, I only listened to foreign music, mainly rock music and hard rock. Then I surprised myself by discovering ethnic… — Dmitry Medvedev
I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin,… — Arne Glimcher
People often ask me how I feel about my invention being used to kill people every day and the AK being a common weapon of… — Mikhail Kalashnikov
Even just a few spices or ethnic condiments that you can keep in your pantry can turn your mundane dishes into a culinary masterpiece. — Marcus Samuelsson
The Sudanese government has been playing games with the world, with the Africa Union, in particular, have been playing for time in order to conclude… — Wole Soyinka
There are great slender models, great tall models, Amazonian models, great busty models - my point is models of all shapes and sizes, age, ethnic… — Erin O'Connor
I believe God has a future for ethnic Israel. — John Piper
Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced… — F. Sionil Jose
The ethnic differences among Filipinos are very real. The paucity of arable land, for instance, explains the industry of the Ilokanos and the Cebuanos. — F. Sionil Jose
In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason, the dismantling of… — F. Sionil Jose
Ethnic divisions can definitely be exacerbated by a lack of natural resources, but those tensions become violent when people manipulate them for their own political… — Dinaw Mengestu
There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total number.… — Martin Jacques
The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance - are… — Martin Jacques
If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively… — Martin Jacques
Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What about… — Martin Jacques
There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and religious minorities in… — Martin Jacques
I have never run campaigns based on an ethnic coalition. — John Liu
Most Jews, like most rational persons, know that their personal identity and their ethnic identity are not one and the same. — David Novak
SEAL training was a great equalizer. Nothing mattered but your will to succeed. Not your color, not your ethnic background, not your education and not… — William H. McRaven
In the fall of 1978, I left the religious, conservative, biracial, slow-paced culture of South Carolina for the secular, liberal, multi-ethnic, intense culture of Princeton… — Virginia Postrel
As someone who is both an ethnic minority and openly gay, I often talk about how simply being who I am has given me a… — Mark Takano

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