Quotes About Representation

It would be great to see more Asian women playing cricket at every level.

I haven't played men's Test cricket, I've played women's Test cricket.

The reason that I decided to get into politics is because I have begged, pleaded, and cried for years for our government to listen to us and they haven't.

Listening to the people I serve is a critical component of any legislative effort.

Scores of African-Americans have written both appreciatively and critically about what 'The Cosby Show' meant to them over the years.

There's nothing wrong with crooks having lawyers. Everyone is entitled to a lawyer.

I'm all about the crossover. The role doesn't necessarily have to be white or Latina or black. It could be anything. But it's hard in Hollywood, because sometimes it's all about the box office. Or all about looks and things like that. It's not about the story that they have to tell.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

When I was growing up, I wanted to see girls like me on television and in movies - strong girls who aren't crying over their relationships or whatever.

Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.

What we tend to do in our shows, especially with 'Love Is_,' is to show the humanity of characters so that people can see themselves, one, and so that other cultures can see that we have more in common than we have not in common.

It's something that I dreamed of since I was a kid - to be able to represent my country and play in the Ryder Cup is what dreams are made of.

It's really exciting to be a voice for girls with curls.

Yes, I'm a 'curve' model, but to be completely honest, I feel like there should be no separate sections in fashion - there should just be one.

I'm a model, and I happen to model for curvy things, but at the end of the day, I'm still in front of a camera just like anyone else.

CEOs must embrace the role of serving as the public face of the company to their customer community and the marketplace at large.

Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it.

If you were just to look at Lockheed Martin, you'd see a lot of women in senior roles in our company and, not only that, our customers, so I don't consider it an old boys' club.

I think it is important for girls to see movies where it is not all just about 'the boy' or it's simply being about 'the relationship' or 'Am I pretty enough?' or 'Am I cute enough?'.

I think screenwriters, I think editors in the cutting room - they have a lot of responsibility that we don't think about, but they could cut the coverage of an Asian person to focus on a white person because, unknowingly, they think that white person has more to say or is more interesting.

It's really important for cycling and for women to be on a sporting stage which is in the mainstream and across the board, not just my own sport.

If you want to be a national brand, damn act like it.

It's clear Trump and the Republicans in Washington don't give a damn about anyone like me or anyone who doesn't think like them.

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.