Quotes About Community

Network reporters dont go to the field anymore. The local news has been gutted.

We were just expressing stuff that happens in the ghetto, just being like reporters.

But when my mother ran for City Council, that was the moment when I knew I wanted to be a political reporter. Some reporters asked her about being married to my father - they have an interracial relationship - as if that was somehow a negative thing.

I feel like people have more in common than the news reports. People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing.

I feel so much pride to represent my community and be Latino. No doubt about it, above my career and sales being a Latino comes first.

Mobb Deep's music, we represent poverty. That's what made us. That's who made us. That's who brought us up.

Music can connect people on an intimate level. What Josh and I are trying to do is represent anyone who has some of the questions that we have.

Government officials should recognize that the files in front of them represent very important issues in the lives of people.

As elected officials, we were sent to the halls of government by our neighbors to do their work - and much work needs to be done. Remembering our shared experiences with the people we represent makes us better and more accountable civil servants.

I feel that its important for me to be out there and to represent the face. At the same time, for me as an individual, I think the Asian-American face can be crowded with the American identity.

I just feel like it's a blessing to be able to represent Compton.

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one.

Parks represent an efficient, cost-effective way to improve public health.

We represent people, and any good congressperson wants to know how their people at home feel about issues. I can tell you for sure in our office that is taken into account, and that is true for any congresspersons I know.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

It means the world to me to represent the Hispanic community.

I look forward to continuing to represent the people I'm currently serving, as well as the new communities that will be a part of this district in the future.

I represent a blue-collar district: people who work at petrochemical plants and machine shops.

My job as governor is different from the legislators. They represent their districts. I have to represent all 6.6 million Tennesseans and come to the best decisions I can.

What is important to me is that I'm not accountable to and not controlled by party leadership. At the end of the day, I'm able to make my own decisions according to what's best for the community and the constituents I represent. It doesn't depend on what the partisanship is to the right or to the left.

I represent hardworking people. That's who raised me. That's who I grew up around.

I always say I represent my family when I'm in my country, but I represent my big family, which is Georgia, when I'm outside of my country.

How do you describe the pride you have for the club you represent, for the people you represent?

I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for.