Quotes About Representation

I'm not a politician. My conscience has brought me before you. Give me a chance to serve you.

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.

I'm a big believer that we get the politicians we deserve.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

In a democracy, opposition politicians have a duty to hold the Government to account.

I just think people are fed up with people who are career politicians who don't stand for anything.

People in Indiana like to see their politicians at the county fair or the Rotary Club.

Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think it's important that they use that voice to say something positive or to give a voice to somebody that's had theirs taken away.

All politics is local.

Congress as a whole is less popular than it's been since polling was invented.

These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.

If a candidate at the MLA or chief ministerial level gets an advantage of belonging to a particular caste while fighting polls, that is one thing. But after having been elected, if you only look after the developmental needs of a particular caste or community, that is a different matter altogether. The BJP has never done that.

We have too many politicians who are poll-driven to excess. Polls are important. You've got to know what the public is thinking, but you can't let them drive you completely.

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

The considerations and aspirations of the people in the Lok Sabha polls is completely different from Assembly polls.

Azam Khan must be barred from contesting polls.

I'm from a generation of fantastic actresses. It's a big pool of really wonderful actresses, and so many of them we never even get to see on the screen anymore.

In my own experience, when we have an open directing assignment of any kind, not just the big films, I would say it is the exception, not the rule, that there is a woman in the group of directors that we are interviewing. I think that's from the pool being so small.

I think you can assume because our pool of Asian-Americans actresses or actors - men and women - is pretty small, that whatever project is out there I probably have been asked to audition or I probably chose to not go in it for various aspects.

I believe in the Democratic party, and their philosophy and what they stand for - for the poor people.

There hasn't been that many indigenous Australians who have made it in the pop industry.

It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.

The movies 'Dope' and 'Straight Outta Compton' blew me away. I love seeing directors and writers of color make amazing slices of pop culture.

There are so many amazing out, gay, black artists who are really great in their own fields, but they aren't necessarily trying to make pop music. I guess my thing is different because I am trying to be part of that world. But doing it my way.