#resent

I was the only Black person on the set. It was unusual for me to be in a circumstance in which every move I made was tantamount to representation of 18 million people. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#circumstance #every #i #made #me

Organized Christianity has always represented immortality as a sort of common heritage; but I never could see why spiritual life should not be conditioned on the same terms as all life, i. e., correspondence with environment. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#christianity #common #conditioned #correspondence #could

You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#just #opinion #own #represent #someone

Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really. ↗

— Jack Osbourne

#certain #dad #drinking #emotional #even

An apology for the actions of some troops who, of course, are not representative of the majority of the armed forces here, I think that would have been useful and it would have helped to some extent. ↗

— Adnan Pachachi

#apology #armed #armed forces #been #course

And, of course, all of my friends and family are so excited because they feel like Montreal is being represented on Mad Men. ↗

— Jessica Pare

#being #course #excited #family #feel

Everything is relative. Is the Internet fast? Not for most people. Is it always on? Yes, for cable modem and DSL users but that represents a tiny percentage of users. ↗

— John Patrick

#cable #everything #fast #internet #modem

If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#god #going #i #i can #represent

The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold war allies. ↗

— Richard Perle

#allies #also #animate #cold #cold war

I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward. ↗

— Katy Perry

#competitive #foot #forward #front #goes