Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Representation Quotes
Double StandardsPrejudiceRepresentationStereotypes If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. There are many 'bads' - bad dogs, bad censorship; there are even 'bad' white males. Only, when you write about 'bad' white males, they don't complain about it. And need I say that there are 'good' blacks, 'good' homosexuals and 'good' women?
AccountabilityDutyPublic ServiceRepresentation My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
National IdentityPatriotismRepresentation I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.
AwarenessEducationEqualityIdentityRepresentation If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist.
EmpowermentEqualityInequalityPerseveranceRepresentation What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?
AdherenceHypocrisyRepresentation As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.
AchievementInspirationPerseverancePrideRepresentation I grew up in a rural area called Vega Baja and I'm the first of so many talented people in this area to make it out. I take great pride to represent where I come from and I am able to show my fans, and everyone who listens and watches me, that anything is possible.
ChallengesDiversityGender EqualityRepresentationSocial Issues How hard is it to get female panellists?
DemocracyParticipationRepresentationVoting The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.
Decision MakingGender InequalityRepresentationWomen S Rights Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.
LeadershipRepresentationUnity I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.
BetrayalDutyIntegrityLeadershipRepresentation Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
CinemaEmpowermentIdentityRealityRepresentation I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. That's my own reality, so it's a doorway into a world for me.
Artistic IdentityHonorMusic GenresRepresentationUrban Culture It's an honor for me to represent urban music, reggaeton, trap and hip-hop.
IdentityPerseveranceRaceRepresentationSelf-Expression I had to prove you could be a new kind of black man. I had to show the world.
AwarenessCourageGrowthIdentityRepresentation When I first started in Formula 1, I tried to ignore the fact I was the first black guy ever to race in the sport. But, as I've got older, I've really started to appreciate the implications.
AuthenticityExperienceRealityRepresentationTruth I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I've seen de real thing, and I don't want to see it on no stage or in no theater.
FoundationInfluenceLiteratureRace RelationsRepresentation All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.
Art FormsArtistic ExpressionRepresentation The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.
Beauty StandardsCultural IdentityDiversityInspirationRepresentation I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'
AspirationDiversity of PathsEmpowermentRepresentationYouth Inspiration I want people to follow their dreams, yes... but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers... I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.
Commercial SuccessCreativityGrowthRepresentationTeamwork We were looking for representation that was creatively and commercially in synch with our core DNA. The team at WME understands where we're going, and we're looking forward to taking our company to the next level with them by our side.
AcceptanceAuthenticityHeroismIdentityRepresentation I've heard people tell me there's never been a gay character like Agron on TV before, and some fans have even thanked me because they now feel like they have a gay action hero, and it's very endearing to hear that kind of stuff. But I just played him the way he was and tried to do right by the character.
DiscriminationInequalityOppressionRepresentation I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
CorruptionEthicsInfluencePower DynamicsRepresentation The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.
