Representative Quotes

267 quotes by 240 authors

My parents did a great job raising me and my two sisters. We all graduated from high school and we all graduated from college. So,… — Robert Griffin III
That fatal drollery called a representative government. — Benjamin Disraeli
I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to… — E. M. Forster
Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that - totally… — William Hague
But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought… — Tom Hanks
If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your… — S I Hayakawa
The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study. — Jesse Helms
The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name… — Charles Hodge
We also never undercut representatives' prices. A representative will always be able to sell the discounts in our core business, which are not offered at… — Andrea Jung
Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms. — Franz Kafka
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. — Shia LaBeouf
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. — Annie Leibovitz
I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community. — 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… — Walter Lippmann
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. — Christa McAuliffe
London has been used as the emblematic English city, but it's far from representative of what life in England is actually about. — Alan Moore
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… — Sidney Poitier
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man. — Sidney Poitier
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. — 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… — Herbert Read

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