Quotes About Representation

Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, 'Bend it Like Beckham,' for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council.

Like anything, I remember who I work for. You work for the people who sent you to office.

I am a boxer for the people. I am one of them.

I have said from the beginning, I would spend what it would take for the people of Connecticut to know who I am and what I stand for.

Fighting gerrymandering is one thing. The other thing is insuring we have the right candidates for the people and not the right candidates for the Party.

The first lesson of politics or, at least, democracy is that it is a government by the people and for the people, isn't it? What makes the person a big leader or a big name is only what the person has done for the people.

The People's Party, I am working for the people and we want to put the power back in people.

Sometimes we don't realize that the government is for the people by the people.

We need to restore our democracy to a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

All the issues the Shiv Sena took up were for the people.

It is male-chauvinistic industry, and there's still a long way to go for the female-centric genre to come to the fore.

I'm a black woman, so I'm obviously not going to write something where women aren't at the forefront.

Hollywood, it seems, recognizes black film and black filmmakers, but like a distant lover, never close enough or long enough to forge a meaningful relationship.

People forgot how much pride I bring to Israel while playing in the Chinese league.

The women of Afghanistan have a voice, and it needs to be heard and not forgotten.

Nobody from Cane Fork ever got on television before.

For me, every film is actually a form of documentary.

Any form of art is political if you make it that way.

It's in my nature to want every image of me to be authentic but at the end of the day as a model, I don't always get control over how someone decides to put forth my picture.

As your Senator, I always fought the fight for those who could not fight for themselves, and I believe the results speak for themselves.

The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

There is very little diversity among founders in the Unicorn Club.

Why should you construe that Congress and BJP are the only forces at the Centre? There could be third or fourth force.

I'm writing my story so that others might see fragments of themselves.