Stereotype Quotes

• People stereotype pop stars, but Christina Aguilera proves them wrong with her unique style and talent.

  

  Sarah Michelle Gellar
  • Style
  • Talent
  • Stereotype

• I've never liked to play stereotypes.

  

  Michael Welch
  • Play
  • Stereotype

• The original feminists wanted two things. They wanted the right to vote, from which we could work to get more equality. And we have made progress. We did pass the anti-discrimination law, Title 7, Title 9, equality in the workplace, equality in education and in sports and in all these other areas. But enforcement is very hard. Changing stereotypes is very hard.

  

  Carolyn Maloney
  • Sports
  • Progress
  • Feminist

• I think it's very easy for people to stereotype athletes, good and bad.

  

  Ricky Williams
  • Easy
  • Athlete
  • Stereotype

• A very enjoyable meditation on the curious thing called 'Zen' -not the Japanese religious tradition but rather the Western clich of Zen that is embraced in advertising, self-help books, and much more. . . . Yamada, who is both a scholar of Buddhism and a student of archery, offers refreshing insight into Western stereotypes of Japan and Japanese culture, and how these are received in Japan.

  

  Alexander Gardner
  • Tradition
  • Japan
  • Stereotype

• In the end, I realized that I just didn't like acting enough to put up with the stereotype and I didn't really think I was good enough to transcend it.

  

  Susan Olsen
  • Acting
  • Stereotype
  • Transcend

• The stereotype of a leader is one who talks and peps people up and things like that, but in actuality you have to listen to your teammates.

  

  Chris Bosh
  • Leader
  • Teammate
  • Stereotype

• Americans are in need of very objective information, and sometimes it's easier to absorb the message through entertainment and through a great story than through the news outlets where everything is sensationalized. Not only are you getting information that sort of defies stereotypes, but you're also getting a wonderful story with hopefully good performances.

  

  Nia Long
  • Sometimes
  • Wonderful
  • Easier

• Every part that I do has to be different from the last part that I did so I don't become a stereotype.

  

  Julia Garner
  • Different
  • Part
  • Stereotype

• We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.

  

  Dat Phan
  • Artist
  • Stereotype
  • Martial

• There aren't that many people walking about who are a total class stereotype.

  

  Ezra Koenig
  • People
  • Walking
  • Stereotype

• Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Literature
  • Students
  • Metaphor

• People are much deeper than stereotypes. That's the first place our minds go. Then you get to know them and you hear their stories, and you say, 'I'd have never guessed.

  

  Carson Kressley
  • Mind
  • Stories
  • Deeper

• Note that an informed source need not fit our general stereotype of an “authority”—and a person who fits our stereotype of an authority may not even be an informed source.

  

  Anthony Weston
  • Authority
  • Source
  • Stereotype

• People think of Jews as the Woody Allen stereotype, the nebbishy kind of thing, but that's not the kind of Jews I know. I know plenty of Israelis and plenty of tough guys that are Jewish. So, I think it makes sense that Jews play metal.

  

  Scott Ian Anthrax
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Guy

• And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

  

  Paul Merton
  • Friends
  • Laughing
  • Shyness

• I don’t really care what I look like that much, and I think women out there should just be happy with the way they look. They shouldn’t really try to conform to any kind of stereotype. Just be happy and hopefully healthy.

  

  Rebel Wilson
  • Trying
  • Kind
  • Care

• The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'

  

  Shirley Chisholm
  • Girl
  • Emotional
  • Equality

• Blackness also has positive dimensions, those that bear the political meanings of African American people, among other blacks, who have struggled for self-determination and freedom for centuries. The absence of such an identity doesn't automatically guarantee that we will be free of the images and ideals that fuel stereotypes about black identity. Changing the name will not alter the reality.

  

  Michael Eric Dyson
  • People
  • Reality
  • Political

• Every character when born is a stereotype.

  

  Michael Patrick King
  • Character
  • Stereotype

• Don't live up to your stereotypes.

  

  Sherman Alexie
  • Stereotype

• Millennials are an easy group to identify in terms of their appearance and are therefore highly subject to being stereotyped. When a negative stereotype about a group is relevant to performance on a specific task, it is referred to as "stereotype threat." Individuals who are highly identified with a particular group may experience increased susceptibility to stereotype threat.Understanding perceptions and why they may exist helps to explain and demystify tension and conflict that surfaces as a result of generational discord.

  

  Chip Espinoza
  • Understanding
  • Helping
  • Perception

• Bill Maher is right to condemn religious practices that violate fundamental human rights. Religious communities must do more to counter extremist interpretations of their faith. But failing to recognize that religion is embedded in culture — and making a blanket judgment about the world’s second largest religion — is simply bigotry.

  

  Reza Aslan
  • Community
  • Religious
  • Religion

• I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new Frank Sinatra... I think people will soon realize that I do a lot more than interpret old songs.

  

  Harry Connick, Jr.
  • Song
  • Realizing
  • Interviews

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