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My interest in the linguistic differences between women and men grew from research I conducted early in my career on conversations between speakers of different ethnic and regional backgrounds.

~Deborah Tannen

Topics: Backgrounds Between Career Conversations Differences Different Early Ethnic Grew Interest Linguistic Men Regional Research Speakers Women Women And Men

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As someone who grew up between two cultures, I have been fascinated with the question of why men and women with similar backgrounds to mine were drawn towards radical messages of hate and violence.

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Backgrounds Been Between Cultures Drawn Fascinated Grew Hate Men Men And Women Messages Mine Question Radical Similar Someone Towards Two Up Violence Were Who Why Women

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The best companies will build culturally diverse leadership teams and workforces with divergent backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas.

~Denise Morrison

Topics: Backgrounds Best Build Companies Divergent Diverse Ideas Leadership Perspectives Teams Will

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I'm a big fan of having a team with different thoughts and backgrounds and experiences; that makes for a better enterprise and better decision-making.

~Dennis Muilenburg

Topics: Backgrounds Better Big Big Fan Decision-Making Different Enterprise Experiences Fan Having Makes Team Thoughts

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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 mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.

~Diane Von Furstenberg

Topics: About All Races Also America Backgrounds Beautiful Beautiful Girl Black Casting Choose Different Ethnic Find Girl Just Like Many Mix Models More Most Most Beautiful Much Nice Other People Places Races Remind See Than Think Women Would You I Think

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You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

~Donna Shalala

Topics: Also American Backgrounds College Compared Different Different Backgrounds Elite Europeans Genius Go Knowledge Latest Meet Only People Simply System You

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We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of quiet dignity and a kind of sense of caring and a feeling of joint responsibility.

~Dorothy Height

Topics: All Races Backgrounds Caring Colors Coming Creeds Dignity Feeling Had Joint Kind Life People Quiet Races Responsibility Sense Status Together

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We want people who come from humble backgrounds and have a need to win.

~Douglas Leone

Topics: Backgrounds Come Humble Need People Want Who Win

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A movie contains literally tens of thousands of ideas. They're in the form of every sentence; in the performance of each line; in the design of characters, sets, and backgrounds; in the locations of the camera; in the colors, the lighting, the pacing.

~Ed Catmull

Topics: Backgrounds Camera Characters Colors Contains Design Each Every Form Ideas Lighting Line Literally Locations Movie Pacing Performance Sentence Sets Tens Tens Of Thousands Thousands

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We need business leaders who have a respect for technical issues even if they don't have technical backgrounds. In a lot of U.S. industries, including cars and even computers, many managers don't think of technology as a core competency, and this attitude leads them to farm out technical issues.

~Ed Catmull

Topics: Attitude Backgrounds Business Business Leaders Car Computers Core Even Farm Including Industries Issues Leaders Leads Lot Managers Many Need Out Respect Technical Technology Them Think Who

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