Maya Angelou

You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative.

American Poet

Benjamin Franklin

For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.

American Politician

Stacey Abrams

As a state representative, I have consistently supported our state's investment in Israel and our vocal support of Israel's right to exist.

Sidney Poitier

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 parents.

American Actor

Colin Powell

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

American Statesman

Franz Kafka

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

Novelist

Bob Hawke

Poor quality of representatives... is not a purely Australian phenomenon - it's a worldwide phenomenon.

Australian Statesman

Chelsea Clinton

I live in a city and a state and a country where I support my elected representatives.

American Celebrity

Alphonse de Lamartine

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

French Poet

Eric Church

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

American Musician

A representative expresses the thoughts and decisions of a group, not just personal opinions.

Voice of Many

A representative is often elected to their role, reflecting a democratic process.

Elected Position

Representatives have the responsibility to act in the best interest of those they represent.

Role Responsibility

The adjective form emphasizes that something accurately reflects a larger group.

True Depiction

When used as an adjective, it underscores common features among a group.

Common Characteristics

In business contexts, a representative is a specific job title, particularly in sales.

Job Title

Sales representatives often have specific geographic areas they cover.

Territory Management

Representatives often provide detailed information about a product or service.

Product Ambassador

In science, a representative can stand in for an entire category in studies or discussions.

Scientific Stand-in

A scientific representative is used as a typical example for research purposes.

Study Model

 it makes it seem more plausible. And we choose the option that seems more representative of the overall picture, regardless of its actual probability. This effect has been observed across multiple studies, including ones with participants who understood statistics well– from students betting on sequences of dice rolls,

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 things that need to be done, and things that help everyone. But there are also things that go too far. There are things that shouldn't be done, and decisions that were being made in secret without the public's awareness, without the public's consent, and without even our representatives in government

How we take back the...

 But it would never have occurred to me to think that just because I had read a novel in which a character was a serial killer that he was somehow representative of all Americans. This is not because I am a better person than that student, but because of America's cultural and economic power,

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 So, I've been a shady somebody since I was three. This is me on my third birthday. But I've been this girl all my life, and I feel like even that's been the domino, because in a world that wants us to walk around as representatives of ourselves, being yourself can be a revolutionary act.

Get comfortable with...

 which existed in all the neighborhoods where you grew up as well. It was not representative. Okay? It gave me a very biased view of how life is on this planet. So this is the first piece of the ignorance puzzle. We have a personal bias. We have all different experiences

How not to be ignorant...

 including the influence of wealth, and the emergence of professional politicians with different interests than their constituents. Could reviving election by lottery lead to more effective government through a more diverse and representative group of legislatures?

What did democracy...

 To answer that question, I'm going to have to ask another one, which is, what happens when galaxy clusters collide? Here is an image. Since galaxy clusters are representative slices of the universe, scaled-down versions. They are mostly made up of dark matter,

What we can learn from...

 demographically representative sample and we asked them what does it mean to be just for a company to be just and here's what they told us the first and most important factor and whether a company's just or

America’s most just...

 And that idea is combining direct democracy with software agents. Imagine, for a second, a world in which, instead of having a representative that represents you and millions of other people,

A bold idea to replace...

 and has more than 90 percent share of the global production follows representatives said iranian saffron is under fleet the best in the world