Role Quotes

• I do see the poet as someone whose role it is to push back against anti-intellectualism, anti-activism, and passivity in general. The purpose of this pushing back is to show that there are always infinite sides to a story, amazing unimagined perspectives on any narrative, and no limit to how weird and wild and unexpected our language and its meanings can get.

  

  Brenda Shaughnessy
  • Language
  • Pushing
  • Anti-intellectualism

• I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

  

  Steve Yzerman
  • Role
  • Prove
  • Deserve

• The role of a leader is not to rule over other people, but to hold a space for their own genius.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • People
  • Space
  • Leader

• Many of the fights that are going on are not ones that the United States has either started or have a role in. The Shia-- Sunni split, the dictatorships that have suppressed people's aspirations, the increasing globalization without any real safety valve for people to have a better life. We saw that in Egypt. We saw a dictator overthrown, we saw Muslim Brotherhood president installed and then we saw him ousted and the army back.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • United States
  • Fights
  • Egypt

• A doctor does not ask about political views and opinions - that is how I understand my role.

  

  Ewa Kopacz
  • Role
  • Doctor
  • Political View

• I would happily, sometimes more than happily, have vacated my role as an animal theologian, if there were others prepared to take my place.

  

  Andrew Linzey
  • Place
  • Role
  • Prepared

• Microsoft isn't going away any time soon, but the role they will play in the future of software will not be the same as it has been in the past two decades

  

  Sabeer Bhatia
  • Future
  • Role
  • Microsoft

• I dont want to call it a conspiracy to ignore the role of the Blacks, both above and below the Mason-Dixon Line, but it was definitely a tendency that began around 1910

  

  Ed Bearss
  • Ignore
  • Conspiracy
  • Tendency

• I didn't make a film because I wanted a starring role. I made a film because I wanted to tell a story and I wanted to prove that I could direct.

  

  Ben Drew
  • Film
  • Prove
  • Direct

• It's our responsibility to be a good role model and to carry ourselves in a way that would make our country proud.

  

  Sasha Cohen
  • Responsibility
  • Model
  • Role

• The evidence is there and it is clear. We want the people to be held accountable. Everybody who played a role in the death of Martin Anderson, we want them to be held accountable.

  

  Benjamin Crump
  • Death
  • Role
  • Evidence

• I see myself as a classic middle market entrepreneur, and this is the role I fulfil.

  

  Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda
  • Role
  • Entrepreneur
  • Market

• What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

  

  Letitia Wright
  • Model
  • Inspiration
  • Role

• I am a greedy, selfish actor, and for me, my role is important.

  

  Swara Bhaskar
  • Important
  • Actor
  • Role

• I'm not sure that Eastern culture does either, but I've never lived in India etc so I couldn't tell you. I can say we definitely don't. So people will sometimes come in contact with something strange and think, "Oh, it must be like this" and have a lot of fantasies about it, and somebody who sort of looks like our fantasy version of what enlightenment is can be very convincing in seeming like they've got something and then play that role.

  

  Brad Warner
  • Culture
  • Fantasy
  • Enlightenment

• The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances.

  

  Steve Buscemi
  • Role
  • Glances
  • First Movie

• We can't do both. If you want us to lead, don't criticize us. And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.

  

  Adel al-Jubeir
  • Role
  • Lead
  • Criticize

• This game is repeated again and again, and in it the role of the so-called 'German princes' is just as miserable as that of the Jews themselves. These lords were really God's punishment for their beloved peoples and find their parallels only in the various ministers of the present time.

  

  Adolf Hitler
  • Role
  • German
  • Princes

• There is no set way of getting a role - you don't give an exam, score well, and then nail a film.

  

  Radhika Apte
  • Getting
  • Score
  • Exam

• We have health insurance companies playing a major role in the provision of healthcare, both to the employed whose employers provide health insurance, and to those who are working but on their own are not able to afford it and their employers either don't provide it, or don't provide it at an affordable price. We are still struggling. We've made a lot of progress. Ten million Americans now have insurance who didn't have it before the Affordable Care Act, and that is a great step forward.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Role
  • Health care
  • Health insurance companies

• This document will play an important role in protecting the strategic interests of Russia and Uzbekistan and ensuring stability and security in the region, which some politicians call Russia's soft underbelly. It's not a secret that after the Soviet collapse and especially in recent years, Central Asia has become the focus of interest of major nations because of its geographic location and rich mineral resources.

  

  Islom Karimov
  • Resources
  • Politicians
  • Russia

• The best assurance the role of minorities can be given is that they will not be viewed as minorities but as citizens.

  

  Burhan Ghalioun
  • Role
  • Citizens
  • Minorities

• I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.

  

  Sean Penn
  • Actor
  • I Think
  • Role

• Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.

  

  Tony Abbott
  • Role
  • Conflict
  • Australia

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