Represent Quotes

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Every book is an image of solitude. It is a tangible object that one can pick up, put down, open, and close, and its words… — Paul Auster
Friendship is a Spackle in itself. You'll forgive your friends a lot, and if you're a woman, you'll forgive your straight male friends even more.… — Sloane Crosley
All I do know, for certain, after 53 years in this business, is that writers who sincerely think that their language can represent reality ought… — Gilbert Sorrentino
Ahem. Dear Jesus," Taylor intoned more fervently. "We just want to thank you for gettin' us here safe ---" There was a loud, gurgling groan.… — Libba Bray
It is dangerous to explain too clearly to man how like he is to the animals without pointing out his greatness. It is also dangerous… — Blaise Pascal
I hate what you represent." ... "Power without conviction." Isana replied, her tone lifeless, matter of fact. "Ambition without conscience. Decent folk suffer at the… — Jim Butcher
Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes. — Tamora Pierce
It was thought, perception, sensations that interested her, the conscious mind as a river through time, and how to represent its onward roll, as well… — Ian Mcewan
My people - before I was changed - they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a Claddagh ring. The hands represent friendship; the… — Joss Whedon
The Orient and Islam have a kind of extrareal, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them out of reach of everyone except the Western expert. From… — Edward Said
WARNING: The following is a transcript of a digital recording. In certain places, the audio quality was poor, so some words and phrases represent the… — Rick Riordan
Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge. — Toni Morrison
Itâ€™s up to you to fill it. Find things that mean something to you, that represent times where youâ€™ve overcome an obstacle, learned something important.… — Jana Oliver
The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering around a sleeping… — Charles de Lint
And you who wish to represent by words the form of man and all the aspects of his membrification, relinquish that idea. For the more… — Leonardo da Vinci
The directorâ€™s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the… — Andrei Tarkovsky
Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth — Paul Johnson
[A] great embarrassing factâ€¦ haunts all attempts to represent the market as the highest form of human freedom: that historically, impersonal, commercial markets originate in… — David Graeber
The person who takes every opportunity to "pick on" others is often mistakenly called "sadistic". In reality, this person is a misdirected masochist who is… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Save your world. Love it. Protect it, and respect it and don't let haters represent it. Don't leave the saving to anyone else, ever, because,… — James Patterson

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