Roles Quotes · Page 239

I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.

— William H. Macy

[Warren Buffett ] met with all sorts of different groups about a lot of different things, but yes, he took the time,…

— Bill Gates

Some of my greatest role models are the young children who ask the right questions - who will sit down and share…

— Jerome Ringo

Sports plays a societal role in engendering jingoist and chauvinist attitudes. They're designed to organize a community to be committed to their…

— Anonymous

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy.

— Beth Riesgraf

As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will…

— Donald Evans

The role of Iran has been very destructive. As an Iranian, I apologize to the civilian people of Syria who have been…

— Shirin Ebadi

I do intelligent roles. I don't want to be labeled as doing silly movies. I'm more mature than kids my age because…

— Mischa Barton

If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a…

— Harry Hamlin

With no adequate role to play as consumers, many youth are now considered disposable, forced to inhabit "zones of social abandonment" extending…

— Henry Giroux

The job of the critic, as it might have been conceived in the 1950's or 1960's, was some kind of role of…

— Louis Menand

We have a problem with several media taking only a part of the reality and not the whole picture. Some media in…

— Ahmed Akkari

With a role like Hedda Gabler, which is incredibly complicated, you often feel that you haven't even scratched the surface the first…

— Cate Blanchett

Reclaim your role as eco-role models and exemplars in your community. Change is happening rapidly. Let libraries continue to be at the…

— Wanda Urbanska

It is the shortcomings of game theory (as originally formulated) which force the consideration of the role of ethics, of the dynamics…

— Anatol Rapoport

I think it's absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is…

— Stephen Daldry

No, it’s very comforting actually, to know that you’re sitting in a long legacy of actresses who’ve played the role. I’m absolutely…

— Cate Blanchett

I don't think I do that much to prepare for roles in general.

— Charlie Tahan

Why do we insist women are cast 10 years younger than the role they're playing? Men don't know what a 30-year-old is…

— Carrie Coon

With respect to trust, people tell me that it is essential for organizational functioning. Maybe, but most surveys of trust find that…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

We need artists to help us come together and share our voices and build community around powerful issues concerning our roles in…

— Natasha Mayers

With the type of actor I am, which includes really diving into a role and making it as real as possible, there's…

— Michael Eklund

Women need to be in key operational roles where they run businesses in the organization. Sometimes when organizations focus on leadership diversity,…

— Gracia Martore

I'm looking at everything with a clear eye and an attitude of acceptance rather than skepticism. I realized, this isn't a career…

— Jake Busey

Goldilocks [There] lived a family of bearstogether anthropomorphically in a little cottage as a nuclear family. They were very sorry about this,…

— James Finn Garner