Quotes about "Climate & Sustainability"

I want to go back to my country to help other girls. We need to support girls to see other possibilities for themselves, to have a vision for their own future. ”

It is our responsibility to explain to the public how an often unpredictable system of justice is one that serves a productive, civilized, but always evolving, society. ”

I had no need to apologize that the look-wider, search-more affirmative action that Princeton and Yale practiced had opened doors for me. That was its purpose: to create the conditions whereby students from disadvantaged backgrounds could be brought to the starting line of a race many were unaware was even being run. ”

There are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action - to try to balance out those effects. ”

You can't be a minority in this society without having someone express disapproval about affirmative action. ”

When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started. ”

I am a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the south Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale. Not so far off so that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions. ”

In 'Yours Truly,' I was the centre of the story; I was the protagonist. There was a lot more happening inside the mind of the character which was not projected loudly through dialogue and action... As a performer, playing such a nuanced, internal character is challenging. ”

When I work with other people, I try to make up for their shortcomings with my strengths, and I let others make up for my flaws with their strengths. I try to co-operate with people around me when working in a group. I like to enhance team spirit on set. I try to get everyone involved in the action. ”

Television takes you to an altogether different audience and directly to people's living room. On television, I'm being myself, and that's why people relate to me more. ”