Leadership in its best sense has never been about the pre-determined role cast on some to lead others. — James Gobbo Copy Share Image
I don't know if you hear this often but I would say The Razor's Edge (loosely based on a great W. Somerset… — Lewis Schiff Copy Share Image
Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
The person that inspires me and has inspired me my whole life is my grandmother. She's strong, head of the household, the… — Daniella Alonso Copy Share Image
Well, I'm lucky because, you see, I'll probably bounce back from this role. — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
All the accoutrements that distinguish us from animal existence were put in place when we had a different kind of mind than… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and… — Patton Oswalt Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well.... But now… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I've been getting a lot of science fiction scripts which contained variations on my 'Star Trek' character and I've been turning them… — Marina Sirtis Copy Share Image
I saw my role as prime minister's wife as being human towards other humans and not treating them badly. — Margaret Whitlam Copy Share Image
I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our… — James Spader Copy Share Image
people share a common nature but are trained in gender roles. — Lillie Devereux Blake Copy Share Image
Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press. — Fred Barnes Copy Share Image
We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get. — Andy Wachowski Copy Share Image
My life is not possible to tell. I change every day, change my patterns, my concepts, my interpretations. I am a series… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I've loved taking on roles that have a very universal message that lots of people can identify and relate to - and… — Cierra Ramirez Copy Share Image
Although the many virtues that courtesans possessed were employed to defy circumstances, the role they played depended on the same circumstances over… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
I don't apply [being a role model] to the choices I make. I feel like a role model is not necessarily someone… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
What's been most helpful to me is realizing that those times when all the heads in the room turn and look at… — Mitchell Baker Copy Share Image
When you really want a role and you really want a character, you become quite close to the script and the project,… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven't been good role models.… — Justin Bieber Copy Share Image
It is all very well and good for Linda Lovelace, the star of the movie, to advocate sexual freedom; but the energy… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
People really don't like to hear success explained away as luck — especially successful people. As they age, and succeed, people feel… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
The roles I'm interested in or have been interested in, you know, it's going to get down to conflict. Drama is conflict… — Ben Foster Copy Share Image
Years ago I was going to play Chet Baker in another movie and I really felt drawn to that character and the… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
I feel responsible for certain fans, but I've never said I'm a role model. — Jamie Campbell Bower Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't realize that wrestling is acting; you're playing a role and a part. — Chris Jericho Copy Share Image
A family is something very static and hard to escape, so everybody has a certain role over the years, no matter if… — Maren Ade Copy Share Image
I do feel that now and I feel that this development of recording poems, of speaking poems at readings, of having records… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image