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“This idea of artistry, this idea of creativity... Ultimately, it has to be just real talk. We have to give a common way for people to access the world around them - even just words and terminology that we know are representative of the future.”

Author:Stephen Baldwin

“It's really easy to fall for someone on-set, but in the end you know, it's a representative and it's not really them.”

Knows Ends Fall Easy Representatives

Author:Shia LaBeouf

“The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.”

People Funny Political Dog Admire Representatives My Dog Dog Lover Barking Dogs

Author:Alphonse de Lamartine

“In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.”

May Rooms Views Photographer Point Of View Representatives Portraits

Author:Annie Leibovitz

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.”

Years Politics Class Particular Oppression Representatives Oppressed Parliament Communist Manifesto Elections And Voting Free Elections

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.”

Want Community Roles Models Role Models Representatives Asian Asian American

Author:Jeremy Lin

“The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.”

Mind Whole Class Support Diversity Picks Prejudice Social Justice Tendencies Representatives Casual Sample Stumble Upon

Book:Public Opinion

Source: Public Opinion

“The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.”

Important House Felt President Space Citizens Travel Ordinary Excitement Representatives Funny Travel Space Travel Ordinary Citizens

Author:Christa McAuliffe

“I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.”

Giving Mind May Children Political House Politics My Own Fate Our Children Accepted Ruins Seats Warning Representatives House Of Representatives

Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“London has been used as the emblematic English city, but it's far from representative of what life in England is actually about.”

Has Beens Used Cities England London Representatives

Author:Alan Moore

“The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.”

Source: Freedom Under Siege

“As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.”

Men Values Parent Dear Representatives Dear God

Author:Sidney Poitier

“In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.”

Thinking Men Has Beens Body Cases Representatives

Author:Sidney Poitier

“Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.”

People States Together Representatives Providence Almighty Deliberate Almighty God Public Good

Book:Messages and Papers of the Presidents: James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin Pierce

Source: Messages and Papers of the Presidents: James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin Pierce

“We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.”

People Government Form Opportunity Terrible Representatives Dictator New Life Forms Of Government

Author:Colin Powell

“The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists.”

Artist Culture Literature Individual Term Wealth Quality Military Poet Materials Civilization Achievement Philosopher Prosperity Representatives Military Power Material Wealth

Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism

Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism

“There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law.”

Ifs Should Humans Said War Law Culture Process Sides Views Democracy Taken Share Judging Vote Democratic Sexuality Point Of View Representatives Assault Democratic Process

Author:Pat Robertson

“The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that and then I put it out there and say to you, "What do you think?" I hope that you think well of it, obviously.”

Thinking Trying Wells I Can Literature Truthful Representatives Best Work Gamble

Author:Salman Rushdie

“We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Government Care Health Listening Towns Meetings Health Care Engaged Halls Submit Representatives Constituents Takeovers Government Takeover

Author:Paul Ryan

“Representative institutions are as much a part of the true Briton as his language and his literature.”

Literature Language Institutions Representatives Britons

Book:How India Wrought for Freedom: The Story of the National Congress Told from Official Records

Source: How India Wrought for Freedom: The Story of the National Congress Told from Official Records

“Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues.”

Knows States Literature Know How Issues Majors Representatives

Author:Marilyn vos Savant

“This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House - and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important - his and his family's well-being.”

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Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz

“On April 19 1943, the Bermuda conference gathered, with the participation of representatives from Britain and the United States, in order to discuss saving the Jews of Europe. In fact, the participants did everything in their power to avoid dealing with the problem.”

States Facts Problem Order United United States Europe Jew Saving Britain Representatives Participation Conferences April Participants Bermuda

Author:Ariel Sharon

“The government's desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn't give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.”

Giving May Has Beens States Government Desire Deals Too Much Trade China Canada Investors Inclusion Mechanism Representatives Delay Arbitration

Author:David Suzuki

“Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove.”

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Author:Matt Taibbi

“Yanukovych has changed everything in Ukrainian jails - real criminals have been released, while representatives of the middle class and politically rebellious free-minded people have filled the prisons.”

People Has Beens Real Class Middle Changed Filled Prison Criminals Middle Class Jail Representatives Rebellious Ukrainian

Author:Yulia Tymoshenko

“At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.”

House Given Causes Watches Democracy Exercise Republican Soldier Iraq Establishment Representatives Frustrating Disgrace American Soldier House Of Representatives

Author:Earl Blumenauer

“My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.”

Home Life Is House Return Representatives House Of Representatives

Author:J. C. Watts

“We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.”

People Has Beens Liberty Watches Taught Regard Representatives Towers Sentinels

Book:The beauties of the Hon. Daniel Webster: selected and arranged, with a critical essay on his genius and writings

Source: The beauties of the Hon. Daniel Webster: selected and arranged, with a critical essay on his genius and writings

“You had 42 blacks that ran on the Republican ticket this Cycle, 14 made of them made it to the general election and two of us made it to the House of Representatives. So I think that there is a new movement that needs to have a voice in the Congressional Black Caucus.”

Thinking Needs Made Two House Black Voice Movement Republican Election Made It Ran Cycles Representatives Tickets Two Of Us House Of Representatives Caucus General Elections

Author:Allen West

“The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.”

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Author:Vivienne Westwood

“A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus Christ, his deportment, his attitude, his gestures, should be of that character which will not strike the beholder with disgust.”

Ifs Should Character Jesus Christ Attitude Jesus Christ Strikes Ministers Gestures Disgusting Representatives Beholder

Author:Ellen G. White

“The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by the press as normal and not worth mentioning. Let me be the skunk at this political garden party and say this stinks. Representative government was not designed to work this way by the Founding Fathers.”

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Author:Juan Williams

“Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.”

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Author:Mary Wollstonecraft

“Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.”

Way Democracy Plans Mercy Majority Representatives Another Way Describing

Book:The Tempting of America

Source: The Tempting of America

“I would like to think that television would be representative of the world we live in.”

Thinking World Would Be Television Representatives

Author:Niecy Nash

“For it is my opinion that we enclose and celebrate the freaks of our nation and our civilization. Yellowstone National Park is no more representative of America than is Disneyland.”

America Nations Opinion Civilization Celebrate Parks Freak Representatives Disneyland National Parks Yellowstone

Book:Travels with Charley in Search of America

Source: Travels with Charley in Search of America

“While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people.”

People Important Matter Demand Profession Appropriate Representatives Discourse Secrecy

Author:John O. Brennan

“Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.”

Inspirational Art Philosophy Whole Moments Situation History Eternity Infinite Representatives

Book:Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann

Source: Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann

“She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.”

People Moments Too Much Mankind Hated Appropriate That Moment Representatives Cradle Cats Cradle

Book:Cat's Cradle: A Novel

Source: Cat's Cradle: A Novel

“Dreams disdain fine lines and finishing touches on landscapes – they content themselves with thick but representative brushstrokes.”

Dream Lines Fine Landscape Thick Representatives Finishing Disdain Fine Lines Finishing Touches

Book:The Devil's Church and Other Stories

Source: The Devil's Church and Other Stories

“We all sat there laughing and sipping tea peacefully, an infidel and representatives from three warring sects of Islam. And I thought if we can get along this well, we can accomplish anything. The British policy was ‘divide and conquer.’ But I say ‘unite and conquer.”

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Author:Greg Mortenson

“I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body.”

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Book:The Derrick Jensen Reader: Writings on Environmental Revolution

Source: The Derrick Jensen Reader: Writings on Environmental Revolution

“Imagine the earth’s population of six billion people reduced to just one hundred representatives. Statistically, that makes 30 white, 70 non-white. It means 6 people own 59% of the wealth and they all live in North America. 80 are in substandard housing. One has an education. One owns a computer. Don’t blame me if it all sounds crazy.”

People Ifs Mean Earth America Sound Wealth White Imagine Crazy Six Computer Hundred Blame Population Billions Just One Representatives Housing North America Blame Me Don't Blame Me

Author:Grant Morrison

“This concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is necessary. It is perfectly possible for a man to be out of prison and yet not free -- to be under no physical constraint and yet to be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national State, or of some private interest within the nation, want him to think, feel and act.”

Thinking Men Want Feels States Nations Interest Conditions Concern Prison Absence Psychological Representatives Compelled Constraints Want Him Captives

Author:Aldous Huxley

“If you're ever feeling a lack of middle-aged white men, just pop into the Capitol. Not so much the House of Representatives, which has a bit more color and texture, but the Senate -- jeez. Yes, let's have more testosterone running the country. Maximum Ride, School's Out--Forever”

“A few days after we came home from the hospital, I sent a letter to a friend, including a photo of my son and some first impressions of fatherhood. He responded, simply, 'Everything is possible again.' It was the perfect thing to write, because that was exactly how it felt. We could retell our stories and make them better, more representative or aspirational. Or we could choose to tell different stories. The world itself had another chance.”

“I can’t believe you cheated! (Phobos) I can’t believe you didn’t know it. Man, what kind of god are you? I never knew stupidity had a divine representative. Guess I was wrong, huh? (Deimos)”

Knows Men Believe Kind I Can Divine Stupidity Representatives Cheated You Cheated

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“...the Magnificent Seven consisted of one swimmer of color, a representative from each extreme of the educational spectrum, a muscle man, a giant, a chameleon, and a one-legged psychopath. When I envision us walking seven abreast through the halls of Cutter High, decked out in the sacred blue and gold, my heart swells.”

Source: Whale Talk

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