Quotes About Representation

Bernie Sanders is our Jesse Jackson only more so.

We are doing very well for our country internationally, but when we are in Jamaica, our athletes are not being looked after. We are selling our country and marketing our country to the world and not being paid for it.

I wanted a picture of Jamaica that isn't in books, and certainly not in novels.

My James Bond wasn't any different to my Saint or my Persuaders or anything else I've done. I've just made everything that I play look like me and sound like me.

I grew up watching period dramas, as we all did in the 1980s and '90s - endless adaptations of Jane Austen and Charles Dickens - and I loved them. But I never saw anyone like me in them, so I decided to find a story to erode the excuses for me not doing one.

The concept of 'diversity' was this big moral 'should.' And now with the success of shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat,' 'Empire,' 'Blackish,' and 'Jane the Virgin,' it's become this big business 'must,' which is so great.

I'll be a janitor in 'Crazy Rich Asians 2.' Let's do that.

Actually, I live in FL now. But, I mean, of course I'm very honored to be playing for Japan. But my dad's side is Haitian, so represent.

When playing for Japan, it means that I carry my country on my shoulders and I feel a different kind of pressure as I am expected to do more when playing for Japan.

I shall ask to see whether they want me in dress clothes or in Japanese.

As a kid living in an isolated desert town, the most diversity I saw in my media was Claudia Kishi, the Japanese American girl from 'The Baby-Sitters Club.'

I'm not the ambassador of Japan or Japanese culture.

Everyone who knows me knows of my love for the Japanese culture, and my desire to represent in The Land of The Rising Sun.

One job I did turn down was 'How I Met Your Mother.' My character was 'creepy gay guy.' That was the character. The script said, 'Creepy gay guy gets in elevator every day with Jason Segel character and he's just being creepy.'

I'd like to be able to get more girls to play guitar. I think with a girl playing electric guitar, sometimes it's seen a bit like a guy doing ballet. All the people I learned guitar from have been guys. There are some great female players, like Bonnie Raitt and Jennifer Batten, but very few.

Chris Christie is New Jersey's concern, not America's.

I'm excited to wear my country's jersey.

Everyone's dream is to first play for the country. Whenever you step in, you are wearing the Indian jersey and it is very special.

Every time we wear this India jersey, it is very special for us.

My only desire was to defend and honour the Inter jersey in any country all over the world.

The Agriculture Committee was one of my top committee choices because it will give me the platform to be an even stronger leader for our hard-working farmers in South Jersey.

The people of South Jersey are counting on me.

It's up to me to find a way to bring out my best game when I put on the Ireland jersey.

As long as I'm playing at a high level, and I deserve to be out there, then I'll always put that U.S.A. jersey on. There's nothing better than that, no matter how many times you've done it.