Representation Quotes

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I really think a defining moment is when she climbs back into the cage. It said so much about Kate. There was so much in that: sex, love, hatred, vulnerability, and a complete closing-off. There were so many things that didn`t make sense and yet made perfect sense that opposed one another, that I think it was an amazing representation of who she is and how torn she is inside.

- Evangeline Lilly

Indian cinema has begun to be recognized globally. And it`s very important for us to make our presence felt at important events such as Cannes. I feel there should be more Indian representation at festivals. India is producing such a large cross section of films. We need to be part of world cinema, and we need to do that now.

- Aishwarya Rai

I thought that it was a fantastic metaphor for life, and pretty enlightening. And I appreciated the opportunity to play a character that`s blind to the trauma that takes place in his life. The violence that is in the movie I thought was a fantastic metaphor for how blind we are as a society, and as a people, to the things that actually do happen on a day to day basis, and how we kind of just block them out. And whether it be through our media or whatever, we go `Oh, it`s not happening in my world, so it`s not happening.` In the movie there`s a great representation of the violence with the kids, and the pedophilia, and these kind of things that the guys could have taken the easy road, and kind of squeamishly cut around, but they weren`t afraid of it. (talking about The Butterfly Effect (2004)).

- Ashton Kutcher

So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.

- Geena Davis

Everything starts in the writing, and getting more and more women`s perspective in the writing will have a huge impact on the quality of films we get. At the moment, we don`t really see women as we see ourselves and as we really are because it`s only men writing for us. I`ve read a lot of scripts where I`ve thought: No women would ever say that! No woman would ever behave like that!" Women are put into these categories of bitch, mother or sex symbol. If we had more women writing we would have a more realistic representation of what it`s like to be a woman."

- Naomie Harris

As the ego cogito, subjectivity is the consciousness that represents something, relates this representation back to itself, and so gathers with itself.

- Martin Heidegger

We are happy with the representation,

- David Wallace

Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico and residents do not have voting representation in the Congress.

- Dick Thornburgh

I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It`s a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that`s taking place in the art gallery.

- Jeff Koons

The issues of control or members on a board or representation are issues that no longer exist on the city level,

- Kevin Burke

They need fair representation, not just minimal representation.

- Robert Newman

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.

- Rush Limbaugh

Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.

- Tarja Halonen

Visual representation of it is essential if we`re to come to terms with what it is we`ve done.

- Alex Cox

I think in fact that unless there is an organic link between the subjective impressions of the author and his objective representation of reality, he will not achieve even superficial credibility, let alone authenticity and inner truth.

- Andrey Tarkovskiy

I don`t want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it`s to show one emotion.

- Pedro Almodóvar

This program allows lenders to build a risk preparedness model to respond to future disasters. In addition, the graphical representation allows managers to quickly assess and communicate the risk to their business in the event of a disaster.

- Scott Shaw

I`m really concerned that our county won`t be represented. Small districts have different needs. It`s not going to be true representation of the region, and that`s kind of scary.

- Michael Carter

It is worrying, but we feel as though our first album is a representation of our musical career of the first years up to this point.

- Will Champion

I would like to think that Congressman Leach`s longevity is attributed to his thoughtful, intelligent representation of his constituents.

- Gary Grant

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

- James Otis

I`ll be doing a show for Mark in December. I know I can definitely get him gallery representation in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, you know, Europe venues, galleries in London and Paris.

- Christopher Ford

I doubt if the average Englishman felt himself as much oppressed by Charles I as by the plague; or if any colonial American was as much in dread of taxation without representation as of smallpox. And it may reasonably be contended that Walter Reed and William Crawford Gorgas brought to man freedom in a more happy sense and in a larger measure than any military or political leader.

- Mark Sullivan

Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment`s thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom.

- John Bright

In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation.

- Guy Debord

I`d love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page.

- Cathy Guisewite

If taxes are laid upon us without our having a legal representation where they are laid, we are reduced from the character of free subjects to the state of tributary slaves.

- Sam Adams

If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.

- Edward Hopper

I don`t think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn`t mean this is the only way God can work.

- Akhmed Zakayev

Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States.

- Akitsugu Bandou

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream.

- Alan Pardew

In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that `taxation without representation is tyranny,` she is taxed without being represented.

- Alejandro Freire

Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things.

- Alexa Gromko

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

- Alexa Gromko

In response to the challenge of strangers, sport arose as a sublimated representation of a community`s armed might as well as its pride of place and clan.

- Allan Gurganus

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man`s dedication to world peace... a representation of man`s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

- Amber Harris

Above all, in comedy, and again and again since classical times, passages can be found in which the level of representation is interrupted by references to the spectators or to the fictive nature of the play.

- Amy Clark

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.

- Amy Popp

Every life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas.

- Anna Jameson

Patrick Henry should come back to see what taxation with representation is like

- Anne Roesler

I have full confidence that everyone who is going will represent really well. Everyone who is going is a really good representation of U.S. snowboarders and snowboarders anywhere. I think everyone has full potential to sweep (all the medals). The Olympics is the biggest event in the world, so I`m really looking forward to going there and having a lot of fun.

- Antonia Lopez

The NDP position on Northern Ontario representation is clear - the north deserves a strong voice in the Ontario Legislature, ... The Ontario NDP opposes any reduction in the number of seats for Northern Ontario.

- Arieh Sharon

(Gilmore, however, vows to proceed.) The fact of the matter is, I`m going to move, ... This is a commission that has broad representation on it ... all points of view are going to be heard.

- Arlene Blosch

This joint effort will result in strong representation for all workers at the newly merged airline, ... As the industry endures continued economic uncertainty, this agreement will ensure that nearly 10,000 workers are united in their fight for fair treatment and job security.

- Arlene Rosenthal

A one-sentence fax that came out across the wire - I don`t think that`s adequate. I think we need, and deserve, better representation and I`m a little bit disappointed.

- Art Slusark

The automatic calibration feature makes the system more efficient and less labor intensive. The picture data displayed on electronic monitors and with digital projectors is a more precise representation of the intentions of the filmmakers who created the images.

- As'ad Farhat

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- Ashley Goforth

We use the Whitman Massacre as a representation for a lot of the struggles between the incoming settlers and the Native Americans who lived here.

- Babe Paley

better representation to illegal aliens than their fellow Idahoans.

- Bailey Hansen

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.

- Leonardo Da Vinci