Quotes About Representation

It was clear, for example, in 1988 that the political process had already become perilously remote from the electorate it was meant to represent.

When I travel around the globe, I try as hard as I can to represent the NBA and the game of basketball to the best of my abilities. I get to go around the world and not only share the game but also my philanthropic work. Building a hospital in the Congo is one of the proudest achievements of my life.

Members of Congress have more in common with the people they hobnob in Washington, D.C., than they do with the people they're supposed to represent.

South Jersey is home to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, one of the finest military installations in the world, and it was my honor to represent the base and all of those who serve there.

I didn't want to represent any negative side of the country where I was born and raised.

Part of what I have to represent is an alternative to this perverted fashion industry concept of what beauty is.

I think the Occupy movement is absolutely fantastic; in my opinion, it's probably one of the most important people's movements of the 21st century and the 20th century. The trouble is that nobody really wants to support what they represent. They are too 'grassroots' for their own good.

After 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' I had a bit of an identity crisis as far as where I wanted to place myself in the business. When it's all new and fresh, there is a lot of pressure to know what you represent, and I didn't really get that.

If I can represent that body type of women that isn't represented so much in media, then I'd be happy to do that.

If a thing is going to represent you, your vision, you should be involved in every aspect of that thing. I like my role as executive producer on anything probably as much as performer.

'Idol' was a great experience. It was a great stepping-stone. I got to meet a lot of amazing people through that and learn a lot of great things. But afterward - that's what I tell a lot of people - it's up to you to represent it as an artist.

I think if more designers designed clothes with a more fuller figure in mind, it would represent women in a greater sense.

I take the responsibility of playing another ethnicity very, very seriously, and I promise myself and those people that I will represent them with as much dignity and integrity as I can muster.

I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to achieve something big.

The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.

There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.

It's patently impossible for a Muslim character to represent 'all Muslims.'

Clients trust you to represent their interest in the highest court.

In the district I represent, I have to talk to everybody.

We have a community where almost 50 percent of the people in the city of Cleveland alone have some type of record. I represent one of the poorest districts in America - out of 435, I'm 422.

I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.

If you're going to do something to hurt the district I represent, I can't vote for it.

I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.