Backgrounds Quote by David Levithan

For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.

— David Levithan

“Race is different purely as a social construction, not as inherent difference. And religion - whether you believe in God or Yahweh or Allah…

— David Levithan

Our differences - in race, sexual preference, economic - have always been used as distractions to keep us divided. We get so wrapped up…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

We all have much more in common than we have difference. I would say that about people all over the world. They don't know…

— Ernest Gaines

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

— Audre Lorde

I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common.…

— Doris Lessing

So, rather than trying to humbly mix with the rest of the world, we are forcing ourselves upon it. We seem to create conflicts…

— Chuck D

All conflict is about difference; whether the difference is race religion, or nationality...

— John Hume

We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in…

— William Hall

Everyone wants to be happy; happiness is a right. And while on a secondary level differences exist of nationality, faith, family background, social status…

— Dalai Lama

I believe that most people aren't that different from one another. Although we might appear to be different on the surface, I think ultimately…

— Corey Smith

To focus on what makes us different, whether that's race, gender or religion, rather than what we have in common, has never served to…

— Leslyn Lewis