Quotes About Representation

People in the media and press often say they've never been good at math. It might be that people that consider themselves creative didn't consider themselves good at math or didn't find math interesting at those early stages. And those creative people are disproportionately represented in those influential roles.

Chick-lit may be staggering on its heels, but women's fiction is alive and kicking.

In our party, for the post of the prime minister or chief minister, there is no race, and nor does anyone stake their claim. Who will be the prime minister or chief minister, either our parliamentary board decides on this or the elected MLAs, in the case of chief minister, and MPs, in the case of the prime minister, select their leader.

I think the stakes are always high when you're an artist of color - to get things right, to get things perfect and make everybody happy.

If I have a daughter and she grows up to be an astronaut, she's gonna end up on a Black History Month stamp.

From my perspective, I'm trying to stand for a generation. You know, each generation has designers who go along with it.

It was the Cosby family on the cover, but overlaid on that, it appeared to be a shattered glass. So it really wasn't just about the shattering of the Huxtables: it was really a shattering of the black family. And it was a question about that and where do we stand on that.

When you walk out here with the Bobcats logo, stand for something. Not wearing your hat to the back, sagging jeans. Be a professional, that's how I present myself to them.

Whatever we were saying in our music had to represent something and really stand for something. I just wanted to do something with purpose.

We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.

If you can't be president - if you cannot stand up and represent Americans, you should not be president.

It is my hope that as South Carolina senators, that we will stand up for what is best and good about our state.

Someone has to stand up and speak for the freedoms of the little guy.

So I will stand more steadfastly for the things I stand up for, like people who work for a living. I'd like to be able to stand that way when I go to Congress.

What the American people want to see in their president is somebody who not necessarily can win every fight, but they want to see him stand up and fight for what he believes, take his case to the American people.

I've got to stand up for the sport.

As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith.

The fact is the American people want men and women to stand up and represent them and to put their interests ahead of the party interests.

I think the Olympics are a time for the world to come together and put aside differences, but we're also coming to represent ourselves, our communities, and our countries, so I think it's important to stand up and be a voice.

At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?

What I will stand up for is what I think is right and for the best interests of the citizens of the state of Iowa.

Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a liquor company. Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a bar.

A brand is only going to want to be more inclusive if they feel like it's going to be good for business as well as making the consumer feel good - so we have to encourage people to do that. Consumers have to stand up and say, 'I have power: my pound or dollar is how I vote.'

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.