Important Quote by Okieriete Onaodowan Download Open image “It's important to see yourself represented.” — Okieriete Onaodowan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Important See Yourself
At the end of the day, me representing myself shouldn't be a big deal. — Bobby Wagner Copy Share Image
I really believe that you should get to know the people that you are trying to represent. — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
I am so passionate about representation because, growing up, I didn't see myself, and now people can say, 'I see myself there.' We're all… — Noma Dumezweni Copy Share Image
I'm representing the people of the United States and I'm going to represent them as somebody should represent them, not how they've been represented… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I'm a representative of something that's greater than myself. When you see me out there on the track, I'm not just representing myself or… — Elana Meyers Copy Share Image
What we realized is if you don't see yourself represented - no matter if it is on TV or in a club or whatever… — Chris Harrison Copy Share Image
I want to represent... to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can… — Mr. T Copy Share Image
There is a sort of backlash of people who feel like you're not representing them accurately, and you want to say as elegantly as… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I knew nothing of American History because I didn't pay attention to American History in school. Because I did not see myself in American… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
It was just really exciting to see dark people in white people's clothing, or what is perceived as white people garb. — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
I played Pierre, a white Russian aristocrat, and my co-lead was Denee Benton. Two black leads playing not black people - it was an… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
I just loved listening to hip-hop, I love the words. The angry words resonated with me. — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
You have to cultivate diversity for it to work, and I feel the 'Great Comet' didn't take the time to cultivate it. They didn't… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
Despair is despair, sorrow is sorrow, death is death. It's not about who is experiencing it; it's about building a bridge of empathy across… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
The finances of a smash hit do not affect the actors in any way shape or form, it's the attention that comes with it.… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
Hip-hop was born of people who did not have a voice. They were not heard. And those people exist and are a part of… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
There's something to be said about seeing your face represented. There's just something really important about that. It just draws you in more. — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
If people feel strongly and passionately about something, I'll let them speak strongly and passionately - I'm not going to tell them not to. — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
Young kids who are out there who are upset and angry, they can watch this and realize that you can speak out through your… — Okieriete Onaodowan Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies somewhere out… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
In some circles where very heavy people think they have very heavy brains, words like "charming" and "clever" and "pretty" are all put-downs; all… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
I can skate beautifully. While performing on ice I always try to please the audience and to win as well. Being artistic is very… — Evgeni Plushenko Copy Share Image
It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
If I had learned how to get along in the quotidian world while keeping up the search for the hidden realm, I might have… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
