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The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.

Leonardo da Vinci

Every investor should have some Net representation in the portfolio. And the younger investor, with a longer time horizon, may want it at a higher level, as compared to someone closer to retirement.

Fred Froewiss

It [the computer] is the first metamedium, and as such it has degrees of freedom for representation and expression never before encountered and as yet barely investigated.

Alan Kay

The public is only receiving one side of the story as all of the charges in their most sordid representation.

Merle Smith

The members of this 2006 board reflect the wide influence and broad applications of the IEEE 1394 standard. We have leadership and representation from a very broad range of markets, including consumer electronics, computers, peripherals, audio, and industrial. We anticipate a strong year for the standard, and excellent leadership from this diverse group.

James Snider

Turpentine was a major industry in Florida (in the early 20th century). Our long-range plan is to develop an historical representation of rural Florida.

Jay Duke

They end up competing with some of the other arts groups, certainly with funding, that's a big issue, and programming. Many of the arts groups didn't feel there was any representation there. They don't function as an arts council. They are their own separate organization.

Dane Pollei

It was tough at times, but when the final product is a representation of our planning, design and hard work, it's well worth it.

Michael Kessler

The nearly 15,000 employees at UPS Freight deserve the same strong voice and strong representation that the Teamsters provide to workers at UPS.

Jim Hoffa

I'm satisfied with her representation and what Kerr-McGee is doing.

Will Harris

In any case, narrower representation has more power than broader interests.

Stephen Voss

I'm just very sad about this continuing story, and I'll need to work that much harder, so we can bring honest representation to Washington.

Bern Ewert

People can sell you a lifestyle, a representation of who you want to be. People feel they are engaged simply by purchasing.

Gideon Yago

This raises an interesting question: Who really benefits from union representation?

Ceo Bryan Bedford

We firmly believe that dialogue about diversity, about representation, about accountability and about checks and balances needs further airing in this parliament.

Pita Sharples

I'll be doing a show for Mark in December. I know I can definitely get him gallery representation in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, you know, Europe venues, galleries in London and Paris.

Christopher Ford

I'm not doing an impersonation. I think of it as a representation of her, an impression instead of an impersonation.

Adrienne Barbeau

To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as to permit accurate symbolic representation. That is only another way of saying that in some branches of discourse it is desirable to know what you are talking about.

James Newman

We had no local representation whatsoever. They just said this is what?s good for the listeners.

Bruce Baum

The DA is not only misleading voters by creating the impression that a vote for the FF Plus helps the ANC, but it also undermines the constitutional principles of proportional representation and multi-party democracy.

Willie Spies

There's a pretty good representation of all parties that need to be involved. As well as landowners, federal officials are in step with us on this.

Bob Aldrich

I loved that image. It's a symbolic representation of the deepest emotional aspects of their relationship.

Simon Doonan

While residents in Maryland's capital city have a vote in Congress, I am leading the fight for residents in the nation's capital to get full voting representation in Congress. The fight continues.

Lawrence Guyot

We tried to get a broad representation of the student body.

Jenni Allen

First, I told them to give my condolences to the parents of the victims, because I also lost a son (his namesake). I promised them that when I heard from Sajjad, after I find him legal representation, I'll have him turn himself in.

Yahya Rasheed

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

Fletcher Knebel

It's entirely consistent with taxation with representation.

Paul Lawrence

We use the Whitman Massacre as a representation for a lot of the struggles between the incoming settlers and the Native Americans who lived here.

Robert Owens

The constitution of Zimbabwe guarantees all individuals the right to legal representation and lawyers are empowered and obliged to represent their clients.

James Joseph

The big picture is that the Internet has completed its first stage, and that is why over the last six months we have moved the dot.com representation in the fund to a broader focus.

David Kugler

Intel reflects the heart of the PC industry. Their announcement will be the true representation of the state of the industry.

Ashok Kumar

I think everyone in this office believes in improving the lives of people in our community and the people around us. That is something I am very passionate about, helping those who wouldn't otherwise be served. ... Everyone should be entitled to this representation.

Jay Kamath

The issues of control or members on a board or representation are issues that no longer exist on the city level.

Kevin Burke

What we should have fought for was representation without taxation.

Sam Levenson

Once you become an elaborate and well-developed culture, anything from Rome or the Etruscans, for that matter, the food starts to become a representation of what the culture is. When the food can transcend being just fuel, that's when you start to see these different permutations.

Mario Batali

We have 24 people who have left thus far. We have two from Flagstaff, two from Camp Verde, five from Prescott, one from Pine, one from Snowflake, 11 from the Valley and two from Yuma. It's a great across-the-chapter representation.

Tamera Skrovan

We felt that there could be a significant number of men and women in NSW who could see this representation and relate to it - men who have been in this position or women who have been in this position, or even worse, are currently in that position and may need some help.

Michael Nelson

There was no cause to terminate her. They simply concluded that they did not need representation this session.

Don Donadio

The key issue will be what kind of power the Sunnis get from these numbers when it comes to negotiations about the government. What kind of cabinet posts will they get? How will resources be distributed? What kind of representation will they have in patronage and government?

Vali Nasr

Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.

Tarja Halonen

Fried Frank has always been strongly committed to serving the public interest and to pro bono representation. Our participation in the Clinton Global Initiative presents an opportunity to take real action in a broader community.

Justin Spendlove

This diverse group is a great representation of the history of Stanford athletics.

Ted Leland

At Pfizer, we linked in our laser technology to print a 2D bar code representation of the EPC tag number on each container. The 2D bar code is required for redundancy.

Simon King

We know the Beijing Games will be like no other; we have a whole new platform and stage. For much of the population of China, our athletes will be the only representation they have of our society.

Jim Scherr

I feel that the membership and the staff and volunteers need representation.

Don Sheldon

We had very good representation.

Fred Elliott

This program allows lenders to build a risk preparedness model to respond to future disasters. In addition, the graphical representation allows managers to quickly assess and communicate the risk to their business in the event of a disaster.

Scott Shaw

Now we've got additional representation for our sugar beet growers.

Ralph Burton

The position adopted by the Scottish FA ... was disappointing, especially given the assurances that have been made to home country football associations regarding ongoing international representation by ... FIFA.

Simon Clegg

Even if a party doesn't win a single ward, it would win representation in proportion to its total ward and proportional votes.

Willie Spies

They will be doing polling so that we can get a scientifically valid representation of the feelings of the community about the library.

Richard Treleven

It's a simpler, cleaner and iconic piece. It's a much better representation of a great monument.

David Childs

I would make the analogy that if my son or daughter had legal problems, I would try to get the best representation possible, and that's the way universities view these firms.

Richard Lapchick

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.

Agnes Martin

The Morris Agency knows business. Just because they don't have a big sports representation, it doesn't mean they don't know what they're doing.

Doug Shabelman

I'm sure Ilya's going to want to have representation there, but I have no objection to that. It would probably be good for Don to see the reality of what's over there.

Jay Grossman

We are happy with the representation.

David Wallace

To be able to have the opportunity to provide these workers representation, we're just very excited about that.

Arturo Rodriguez

We have tried to touch every agency involved to get a good representation. We hope to bring back valuable information to share with the community.

Kathy Grimes

It is a big-tent Conservative party with representation from all regions of the country.

Stephen Carter

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.

Abigail Adams

We understand the charges ... were brought in court without legal representation for the men.

Channel Four

We are pleased Eastern Airways has recognized our capabilities and the expertise of our office in Belgium. The airline industry has been the backbone of our business and with the addition of Eastern Airways, we represent 30 airlines using our services throughout our global network. They continue to contribute to our success as an international representation company.

Jenny Adams

I'm really concerned that our county won't be represented. Small districts have different needs. It's not going to be true representation of the region, and that's kind of scary.

Michael Carter

Taxation without representation? No, they're getting taxed, and they're getting represented.

Tim Pape

We will again check our work to make sure it is the accurate representation of the truth.

Mark Tolbert

We had excellent representation of all ages and diverse populations.

Renetta Williams

We are not getting adequate representation. You can't get a consensus of opinion with an even number of directors. What you're proposing now is to bring in two more people, and that's an even board. That's not right. ... Two new (directors) is not equitable. If you're going to put in new (directors) it has to be three.

Val Vonholt

I believe fighters need strong representation and they should be aware of every issue that affects them. They should be involved in the process, but they can take control of their business lives without going out and forming these promotional companies.

Ross Greenburg

They'll never give that kind of representation up, just like we probably wouldn't either if the tables were reversed.

Bruce Hutton

If the vote were held today [in the Finance Committee] it would fail. It is notable that there is bipartisan representation here today for a trigger by members of the finance committee itself.

Robert Torricelli

They don't feel like they need special representation.

Don Donadio

Tell me how things are going to move as far as Iraq is concerned and I'll tell you how the market is going to move. The market is burdened by geopolitical concerns. I'm constructive, but I make no representation as to when it will turn up.

Stanley Nabi

It's pretty much a representation of the direction we're going in. This is our first studio experience where we can overdub and correct things. But we're definitely not a studio band.

Brendan Bayliss

Many of them are upset with the media?s representation of the issue.

Dan Peters

There are many times I wonder if we're giving 100 percent. But I know my staff is giving the best representation possible.

Rebecca Murrell

They felt like our lawmakers always agreed with them. They didn't feel like they could effect much change, and they wanted to talk to a more diverse representation of the Legislature.

Kathy Bartsias

For a small school at that time, we had a great representation of kids that played at the national level, so it's disappointing.

John Kenney

Better representation to illegal aliens than their fellow Idahoans.

Robert Vasquez

All they ask in return is good representation.

Mike Hayes

[Lewis] viewed the book as a suppositional representation — 'What might happen if animals and mythological creatures lived in harmony with God and saved the world from evil?'

Douglas Gresham

We are sending out the surveys to those on a randomly generated list so we can get a more accurate representation of the greater community's input and ideas on the project. This project needs to fit the community's needs, so the more input we get earlier on, the better.

Ryan Sims

This has drawn an attention to the AFL-CIO - for whatever reason that they brought it up. It's definitely pointed a light at the AFL-CIO. People are looking at the benefits of union representation. Certainly, it's great press.

Jim Leaman

We want a unified voice of representation. We are too small to be heard from at this point.

Steve Kennedy

There's no real representation of minorities. A lot of folks feel disenfranchised.

Howie Carr

I think her concern about the representation of her class as not accurate is certainly legitimate, ... I don't think the overall impression of the show is in any way an insult to her or the rest of the faculty.

Harvey Perlman

I see it as a good move because our number one priority at the VLRA had always been legislative representation and the state Chamber is just larger in terms of the office. They just have more people who are on top of what's going on.

Al Gobeille

The Suffrage Law would need to be adapted to the 1999 Constitution to provide for some defense of minority's representation.

Jorge Rodriguez

So many other countries have had female leaders, in fact the U.S. ranks 61st in female representation in government and I think it is startling and sign of a change that needs to be made.

Geena Davis

Women need fair representation everywhere. Its not a matter of competition but of equality.

Farooq Abdullah

Americans are entitled to the full rights of Englishmen, including representation in the decisions of the English government.

Hugh Williamson

The village of Oregon has absolutely no say over my job. There is representation on the Fire Commission, but the village has no majority on the Fire Commission. The village pays for the service that the district provides, and the money goes into the general fund.

Tom Eithun

These are very interesting and important statistics. This shows a pretty dramatic over-representation of black kids.

David Finkelhor

This is just another confirmation that redistricting brought about fair representation for the people of Texas.

Dan Allen

Painting is the representation of visible forms. . . The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

Gustave Courbet

I was pleased with representation on the committee. There were a variety of different opinions and we've successfully incorporated every member of the third-year class.

Jenni Allen

You get on one hand lots of representation, which is great, but you lose in governance. We now have 20 or so parties, and even the bigger ones may be getting only one fifth of the vote.

Uri Dromi

The NDP position on Northern Ontario representation is clear - the north deserves a strong voice in the Ontario Legislature, ... The Ontario NDP opposes any reduction in the number of seats for Northern Ontario.

Howard Hampton

Taxation WITH representation ain't so hot either.

Gerald Barzan

There's always race in everything. You see, that's another thing, white people never want to see race with anything. There's race involved in baseball. That's why there is less than 9 percent African-American representation in the game.

Milton Bradley

The one-day representation of five months of work...we are confident that this is as good as the U can expect from any programming collaboration, not just the Presenter's Office.

Andrew Murphy

We want to make sure the methodologies we come up with have representation from all cross-sections.

Herbert Thompson

I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It's a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that's taking place in the art gallery.

Jeff Koons

The fact that most of the bands are made up of guys shows a positive representation of young men. This is the kind of energy we need in the forefront.

Kathryn Xian

There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause.

Cass R. Sunstein

It is possible for millions...to be almost utterly deprived of representation in the House of Commons.

Jeremy Thorpe

It wasn't something planned. Elections are coming up and the SA needs to realize that our representation is crucial.

Andrea Dozier

There is a fault that comes through the face and I used that as a representation of her cancer.

John Kailukiak

[Gilmore, however, vows to proceed.] The fact of the matter is, I'm going to move, ... This is a commission that has broad representation on it ... all points of view are going to be heard.

James Gilmore

Our visual representation of the world is much more impoverished than we would assume. People can be looking at something without being aware of it. Perception doesn't just involve looking at an object but attending to it.

Gustav Kuhn

I think people are led by their representation a lot. I know there were a lot of mixed feelings about Jennifer taking my movie. Some were really supportive, and some people in her camp were very against it, like, 'You did your Good Girl !' It's so crazy; it's about a role, it's about a part.

Nicole Holofcener

I was really happy with our representation. I thought all five that made it were well deserving.

Chris Klekas

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

James Otis

I would like to think that Congressman Leach's longevity is attributed to his thoughtful, intelligent representation of his constituents.

Gary Grant

We quickly came to the conclusion that this case was meritorious that [Rocha] was innocent and had not received fair legal representation.

Bob Long

The $24 million is really not an accurate representation of what occurred. It's really important for everyone to look at the big picture and wait for our response.

John Drew

If they don't send their ballots in, it's a 'No' vote. So you run the risk of not having any representation at all.

Chris Fox

Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things.

Gustave Courbet

A great photograph asks as many questions as it answers. The photograph is perceived as the representation of a moment in time that existed or is real…after all, it must be real.

Greg Gorman

Giving to emerging economies, and in particular countries like China, more representation in terms of voting power and in terms of shares.

Martin Redrado

Investors are going to wonder just what is going on at General Motors. It's been my experience that if you find one accounting problem, it's just a representation of the iceberg that's below it.

Eugene Jennings

Behind each costume and makeup choice is a stylistic representation of something deeper within the musical. I hope the audience likes what we've done with it.

Emilee Mcvey

I have full confidence that everyone who is going will represent really well. Everyone who is going is a really good representation of U.S. snowboarders and snowboarders anywhere. I think everyone has full potential to sweep (all the medals). The Olympics is the biggest event in the world, so I'm really looking forward to going there and having a lot of fun.

Elena Hight

The judges learned the lesson about self-representation too late. They bent over backwards for him.

Edgar Chen

You can go back and forth between the physical database and graphical representation and it's always in sync.

Zack Urlocker