Muriel Rukeyser Quotes

Here we meet, on the page, naked and unadorned: shorn of class, race, gender, sexual identity, age and nationality.

All of us sing, all are equal, all bring something different to the group.

We all aren't in government, we all aren't CEOs, but we all are somebody.

When we come to the hospital to give birth, we don't come as a Jew or an Arab; we come as a human being.

We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it.

You don't have to treat people differently. You may be living a different lifestyle, but the person living that different lifestyle still can relate to anybody and have the same amazing personality of the guy from North Philly.

I'm not opposed to reaching out Hispanics. I'm all for reaching out to everybody! As Americans. Not as members of groups, and not treating people as though they're legitimate members of some grievance group, but reaching out to them as human beings.

I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.

I don't look at people and see color and race. I see inside.

We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

I have a pretty diverse audience, and that makes me happy - laughter is universal, and I don't differentiate between people at all. Why should I? People are people. There's no reason why one person can't relate to any other person on this planet in some way or another.

Toeing the starting line of a marathon, regardless of the language you speak, the God you worship or the color of your skin, we all stand as equal. Perhaps the world would be a better place if more people ran.

I refuse to allow any man-made differences to separate me from any other human beings.

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.

I think it would be terrific if everybody was alike.

We are all human and I want to relate that message to all people.

Everyone can relate to me no matter what race or who you are or how you feeling.

Every person you meet has a story.

We all belong to South Africa, and South Africa belongs to us all.

When people get emotional and sing the song with you - it's an incredible thing.

I want everyone to identify with my tracks and for all of us to be part of it in some way or another.

I believe everyone should be equal, and we should all love and support each other and express ourselves the way we want to express ourselves and be whoever we want. That's my motto.