“Winning an NBA championship is the biggest thing that can happen professionally because it's the top. But representing your country-with more than 30 million people cheering for you and then seeing you up there on the podium-it's hard to find any more words to put on that.” PeopleCountryHardHappensWinningMillionsSeeingNbaCheerChampionshipRepresentingNba Championships Author:Manu Ginobili
“My two older brothers are both molecular biologists and neuroscientists, and I feel like representing them accurately is never done in movies, and I really wanted to at least capture the spirit of a Ph.D. student whose goal and aspiration is to increase the sum total of human knowledge. That is noble. That was really, really important, to capture the three-dimensionality of scientists. Scientists fall in love, scientists have the greatest sense of humor, scientists are passionate.” FeelsHumansTwoImportantDoneWantedSpiritFallThreeGoalStudentsBrotherScientistIncreaseFalling In LovePassionateNobleAspirationSense Of HumorCaptureRepresentingBiologistOlder BrotherHuman KnowledgeGoals And Aspirations Author:Mike Cahill
“If democracy is ever to be threatened, it will not be by revolutionary groups burning government offices and occupying the broadcasting and newspaper offices of the world. It will come from disenchantment, cynicism and despair caused by the realisation that the New World Order means we are all to be managed and not represented.” IfsWorldMeanGovernmentPoliticalOrderDemocracyGroupsRevolutionPoliticianDespairOfficeNewspapersManageBurningRevolutionaryRealisingNew WorldCynicismThreatenedRepresentingNew World OrderWorld OrderRealisationBroadcastingDisenchantment Author:Tony Benn
“This is what class warfare looks like: The Business Roundtable - representing Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase and others - has called on Congress to raise the eligibility age of Social Security and Medicare to 70, cut Social Security and veterans' COLAs, raise taxes on working families and cut taxes for the largest corporations in America.” LooksAgeAmericaSocialClassCuttingSecurityTaxesRaisesCongressCorporationsWarfareVeteranSocial SecurityRepresentingMedicareClass WarfareGoldman SachsEligibility Author:Bernie Sanders
“Of all the opportunities my priesthood authority affords, there is none grander than the privilege of being in one of our temples and representing the Master in officiating in the marriage of two of His worthy, righteous children.” ChildrenTwoOpportunityMastersAuthorityPrivilegeWorthyTemplesRighteousRepresentingPriesthood Author:M. Russell Ballard
“In the beginning [of my career] I definitely felt a responsibility because I was representing a bunch of people [Sri lankans] who never got represented before. I felt this responsibility to correct that situation, to be like, "Look, you can't discriminate against refugees and Muslim people and blah, blah, blah . . ."” PeopleLooksFeltResponsibilitySituationCareersBunchRefugeeRepresentingBlah Author:M.I.A.
“To me representing clairvoyance, how was I going to achieve that, how I was going to capture that? For me, it all became about her gaze and the way she takes you in. It's a rhythmic thing and a stillness thing to consider but these are little details, little nuances. We were invited to the sanctity of her home and there were roosters running around and she's screaming, "Jackie, be quiet!" Even though she's in the middle of the thing. And these are the details that we wanted to incorporate into our story.” WayLittlesStoriesHomeRunningWantedMiddleAchieveQuietDetailsCaptureStillnessInvitedRepresentingNuanceSanctityJackieRoostersClairvoyance Author:Vera Farmiga
“I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam.” WayFeelsCountryFightingOur CountryVietnamTroopsFrustratingRepresenting Author:Mitt Romney
“The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.” CivilizationLimitsEuropeUnityTraditionalNationalismRepresenting Author:Irving Babbitt
“People on the right say to people like me, Oh, you hate America. And I always say, No, I love America. I want it back. I don't want you representing it. I don't want torture representing it. If I hated it, I'd be okay with being represented by the torturers.” PeopleIfsWantAmericaHateOkayI HateLike MeHatedTortureRepresenting Author:Bill Maher
“An orotundity, which I define as Nobelitis a pomposity in which one is treated as representative of more than oneself by someone conscious of representing more than himself.” ConsciousOneselfTreatedRepresentativesRepresentingPomposity Author:William Golding
“I had talked to my agent a lot over the years about not being interested in stereotypical "black films" [because] I didn't like the way they were representing black people over and over and over again in the same way.” PeopleWayYearsFilmBlackAgentsBlack PeopleRepresenting Author:Zoe Kravitz
“Fifty years from now I don't think optical realism is going to be an issue in visual communication any more. Experience is so much richer than light falling on your retina. You embody a microcosm of reality when you walk down the street - your memories, your varying degrees of awareness of what's going on around you, everything we could call the contextualizing information. Representing that information is going to be the main issue in the years ahead - how the world meets the mind, not the eye.” ThinkingWorldYearsMindRealityLightEyeFallMemoriesWalksIssuesStreetsAwarenessInformationCommunicationDegreesVisualsFiftyRealismOur MemoriesRepresentingMicrocosm Author:Bill Viola
“I had a great experience at the [2011] World Cup. Unfortunately, we didn't end on the note we wanted to, but I still had an Amazing time representing our country and playing in front of thousands of fans.” WorldStillsEndsCountryWantedFansFrontsNotesOur CountryCupsRepresentingWorld CupGreat Experiences Author:Amy Rodriguez
“It's such an honor to be representing the USA in an international beauty contest in spite of all the tragedy that's happened in this country lately. I really hope that this this will raise everybody's spirits a little.” LittlesCountrySpiritHappenedHonorTragedyRaisesInternationalUsaSpiteContestsRepresentingBeauty Contest Author:Olivia Culpo
“We define content very broadly. Representing chefs, designers, makeup artists - it's all important.” ImportantArtistDesignerMakeupChefRepresentingMakeup Artist Author:Ari Emanuel
“I wasn't interested in just photographing someone naked, I was interested in representing them as clothed in their own skin, secure in themselves.” SkinsNakedSecureRepresenting Author:Mona Kuhn
“Sexuality, eroticism and desire are important for all of us. But that is also the contradiction. How can we speak about pictures and, for example, say no to this way of representing a woman's body? It's also a camera-and-object problem, of who is really guiding the camera.” WayImportantProblemBodyDesireSpeakExampleObjectsCamerasSexualityContradictionRepresentingWomen's Bodies Author:Pipilotti Rist
“We must begin to train lawyers the minute they walk into law school to tell the truth. They must immediately begin to learn the business of representing people. They must be assigned cases the first day.” PeopleFirstsSchoolLawWalksCasesMinutesTrainLawyerTelling The TruthRepresentingLaw School Author:Gerry Spence
“The crowd response has always been great, we always have fun at the shows and we will definitely be back representing our album to give people entertainment with a stage show, most rap shows are boring.” PeopleGivingShowsFunStageResponseAlbumsCrowdsEntertainmentBoringRapHaving FunRepresenting Author:B-Real
“We have to remember examples of many artists of conscious rap who have been coopted by the Department of State of the United States to be cultural ambassadors in different parts of the world, like Syria, like other parts of the Middle East, including conscious Islamic-American rappers that are representing an international political agenda for the United States through cultures more affable for people of color in other parts of the world.” PeopleWorldHas BeensDifferentStatesRememberPoliticalArtistCultureUnitedUnited StatesMiddleExampleColorConsciousIncludingInternationalRapEastIslamicDepartmentAgendasRapperMiddle EastSyriaRepresentingAmbassadorsPolitical AgendasAffableConscious Rap Author:Bocafloja
“You're not going to have the police force representing the black and brown community, if they've spent the last 30 years busting every son and daughter and father and mother for every piddling drug offense that they've ever done, thus creating a mistrust in the community. But at the same time, you should be able to talk about abuses of power, and you should be able to talk about police brutality and what, in some cases, is as far as I'm concerned, outright murder and outright loss of justice without the police organization targeting you in the way that they have done me.” IfsWayShouldYearsDoneAbleLastsMotherFatherForceBlackCommunityJusticeLossCasesSonDrugCreatingDaughterConcernedOrganizationAbuseMurderPoliceBrownOffensePolice BrutalityBrutalityRepresentingMistrustAbuse Of PowerSon And DaughterPolice ForceBusting Author:Quentin Tarantino
“We're rhyming; we're carrying the banner representing hardcore hip-hop to the death.” Hip HopHipsHopsRepresentingBannerHardcoreRhyming Author:Immortal Technique
“Most 20th century academic physicists, and academia as a whole, simply did not want to touch the subject of consciousness. We have seen psychology grow up, and we've seen the development of neurophysiology and other much more sophisticated science, but only in the recent years have the tools of quantum mechanics been applied to anything representing human scale size.” WantYearsHumansWholeGrowsConsciousnessGrowing UpPsychologySubjectsCenturyDevelopmentToolsSizeScalesAcademicQuantumSophisticated20th CenturyMechanicPhysicistRepresentingQuantum MechanicsAcademia Author:Edgar Mitchell
“To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.” PeopleDifferentCountryRepresentingProgrammesConsultation Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun
“The United Nations would probably have to rest on two pillars: one constituted by an assembly of equal executive representatives of individual countries, resembling the present plenary, and the other consisting of a group elected directly by the globe's population in which the number of delegates representing individual nations would, thus, roughly correspond to the size of the nations.” TwoCountryIndividualNationsUnitedNumbersGroupsEqualSizePopulationExecutivesRepresentativesGlobesUnited NationsAssemblyRepresentingPillarsDelegates Author:Vaclav Havel
“I take it very seriously when I take the pulpit. That I'm representing God.” RepresentingPulpit Author:Greg Laurie
“Children should be encouraged to search out in nature the objects that illustrate Bible teachings, and to trace in the Bible the similitudes drawn from nature. They should search out, both in nature and in Holy Writ, every object representing Christ, and those also that He employed in illustrating truth. Thus may they learn to see Him in tree and vine, in lily and rose, in sun and star. They may learn to hear His voice in the song of birds, in the sighing of the trees, in the rolling thunder, and in the music of the sea. And every object in nature will repeat to them His precious lessons.” ShouldMayChildrenSongStarsVoiceChristSunTreeSeaTeachingObjectsHolyLessonsBirdRoseRepeatsRollingEmployedThunderRepresentingLiliesVinesBe EncouragedIllustratingSun And Stars Author:Ellen G. White
“My inspiration is my hometown. I feel that because I'm representing my very overlooked region of Virginia, I have to keep accomplishing my goals to show everyone there that you can truly become whatever you believe with hard work and dedication.” FeelsBelieveHardShowsInspirationGoalHard WorkRegionsDedicationVirginiaRepresentingHometownOverlookedHard Work And Dedication Author:Thomas Jones
“If you talk about genres - I don't care if you're talking about war, Westerns, science fiction, horror, fantasy, humor, romance - anything you can find, strolling the aisles of a Borders or a Barnes & Noble, I can bring you many comic books representing each genre.” IfsI CanBookWarCareRomanceFictionTalkingFantasyHorrorScience FictionDon't CareNobleComicGenreI Don't CareBordersComic BookRepresentingStrollingAisle Author:Michael Uslan
“Representing the struggle that Muslim minorities go through today is something I personally experience. So I know that at the end of the day, I have a voice for many millions of people who don't have any representation at all.” PeopleKnowsEndsTodayVoiceMillionsStruggleThe End Of The DayMinoritiesRepresentationRepresenting Author:Lazarus of Bethany
“I would love to have the endorsement of every progressive organization in America. We're very proud to have received recently the endorsement of MoveOn.org. We've received the endorsement Democracy for America. These are grassroots organizations representing millions of workers.” AmericaMillionsDemocracyProudOrganizationWorkersProgressiveRepresentingEndorsementsGrassroots Author:Bernie Sanders
“Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.” PeopleMadeHelpingInterestRoomsPayWonderPolicyMusicianPaidIndependentEntityRepresentingLobbyists Author:Erin McKeown
“It might have been introduced slowly over the course of the years as you recall this memory over and over. So that was a very cool but complex idea that we thought about representing in the film but could not find a way to make it work.” WayYearsHas BeensIdeasMightFilmCoursesMemoriesComplexesRecallsMight Have BeenRepresentingVery Cool Author:Pete Docter
“No matter what decade science fiction comes from, it's representing the present.” MatterFictionNo Matter WhatScience FictionDecadesRepresenting Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“Movies, novels, TV shows - these are the water fountains of today. We thirst for stories which speak to us by representing us, but we go to the water fountains in the centre of town looking for that, and we're turned away, sent to the ghetto.” StoriesShowsTodaySpeakWaterNovelTvsTownsThirstTv ShowsCentreFountainGhettoRepresentingWater Fountain Author:Hal Duncan
“Of course, I strongly sympathized with Habermas and the philosophers representing the Frankfurt school, but I also saw the lack of conceptual clarity, and perceived the not-so-revolutionary self-importance in the epigones of Horkheimer, Adorno, and Habermas.” SelfSchoolCoursesSawsImportancePhilosopherClarityRevolutionaryRepresentingSelf-importanceFrankfurt Author:Thomas Metzinger
“My friends are a crayola box. They highlight different colors of my being, representing different aspects of my personalty, I've noticed.” DifferentColorMy FriendsAspectBoxesRepresentingHighlightsDifferent Colors Author:Aeriel Miranda
“I'm excited about representing my gender, but at the same time it doesn't matter. I wouldn't say my gender has been a disadvantage.” Has BeensMatterExcitedGenderDisadvantagesRepresenting Author:Katy B
“I think television is doing a better job than films in terms of representing people, but television is still not diverse.” PeopleThinkingStillsJobsFilmTermTelevisionDiverseRepresentingBetter Jobs Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“Also, I think that, you know, it's tribal behavior. I don't think that Pat Robertson, for instance, doubts that we evolved. He is simply representing a tribe.” ThinkingKnowsDoubtBehaviorInstanceTribesRepresenting Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“There was an author who titled his books by days of the weeks and another one that used colors. Then there was Edward Gorey who wrote the book The Gashlycrumb Tinies, about the untimely death of 26 Victorian children, each representing a letter of the alphabet. I thought what a great way to link the titles.” WayChildrenBookUsedWeekColorLettersTitlesLinksRepresentingAlphabetVictorianLetters Of The AlphabetUntimely Death Author:Sue Grafton
“I feel much more strongly about the abdication of responsibility by the media than by political advocates. They're representing a constituency.” FeelsPoliticalResponsibilityMediaRepresentingAbdication Author:Jon Stewart
“The fact that this organisation is called the Islamic State reveals something even deeper. In fact, it implies that every single Islamist party in Egypt, Iraq or Tunisia are not really representing Islam and Muslim people. Nowadays, political Islam is going through a crisis, however this crisis is necessary, for it will lead to a changing way of thinking. In order to make it out of this dead-end, reviewing political Islam becomes mandatory.” PeopleThinkingWayEndsStatesFactsPoliticalOrderPartyCrisisIslamIraqDeeperIslamicEgyptWay Of ThinkingOrganisationRepresentingDead EndsIslamistsIslamic StateTunisia Author:Tariq Ramadan
“You got two black folk representing us through the Sixties. One of them was for violence, one was against it, and they both are dead.” TwoBlackViolenceFolksSixtyRepresenting Author:Snoop Dogg
“I'm representing the United States. And I'm representing the United States, and my office is representing the United States day after day in front of the court. And I think it's the right thing to do, to carry that out with some dignity and some respect for the process and respect for the institution. And so that led me to just, you know, move the dial a little bit in the direction of calmness.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesStatesMovingBitsProcessUnitedUnited StatesFrontsOfficeLittle BitDignityInstitutionsCourtThings To DoRight ThingCalmnessRepresenting Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“What is good is the fact that we've got a broad selection of candidates [for Prime Minister]... to choose from, representing a diverse set of backgrounds, a diverse set of perspectives.” FactsPerspectiveBackgroundsMinistersCandidatesPrimeBroadsDiversePrime MinisterSelectionRepresenting Author:Nicky Morgan
“I would say facing the obstacles surrounding the day-to-day pressures of an elite athlete at a very young age was not the easiest task. Learning to deal with the nerves and feeling the pressure of representing my country, all while wanting to achieve my own dreams, was a big obstacle to plow through.” CountryFeelingsDreamBigsAgeYoungMy OwnDealsAchieveTasksPressureAthleteObstaclesNervesElitesDay To DayYoung AgeRepresentingElite Athletes Author:Tara Lipinski
“The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a woman, because I was representing the United States.” StatesProblemInterestingUnitedUnited StatesSecretaryRepresentingBeing A Woman Author:Madeleine Albright
“As an elected official who comes from the African-American community, there are some similarities. You are always trying to reconcile your own personal biography and affiliations with the demands of the broader democracy. And you need to make sure you are representing everybody.” NeedsTryingCommunityDemocracyDemandAfrican AmericanOfficialsBiographiesAlways TryingSimilarityRepresentingReconcileElected OfficialsAffiliation Author:Barack Obama