Roles Quotes · Page 82

Both group effort and individual testimony flow from conviction as to the role of people on earth. In stewardship of the common…

— Gilbert F. White

For blacks in our society, victimization may be a true issue. But it isn't a true issue for women. Neither men nor…

— Warren Farrell

We have our differences since the beginning of America. It's a legitimate difference. What is the role of government, et cetera, federal,…

— Nancy Pelosi

I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play…

— Tanya Fischer

AMC [All My Children] launched my career and changed my life. I got married there and had my baby there and made…

— Eva LaRue

I've been lucky in that all my roles have been unique and interesting.

— Amanda Schull

Whatever the source of the leader's ideas, he cannot inspire his people unless he expresses vivid goals which in some sense they…

— David McClelland

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.

— Jenny Shipley

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

— Caroline Kennedy

Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little…

— Phil Jackson

I believe the role of government is to stand side by side with our citizens to help them realize their dreams, not…

— George W. Bush

My quest to find a great role for myself started long before this film [ "Our Brand Is Crisis"]came around.

— Sandra Bullock

I don't mind being a professional. As an athlete you are a role model, people are watching what you wear, listening to…

— Jalen Rose

As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness – to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak…

— James Orbinski

I have done all kinds of roles, but Tony Montana's role in 'Scarface' is something I would love to play.

— Sanjay Dutt

My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character…

— Ving Rhames

I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

— Michael Clarke Duncan

I've done a lot of work other than sci-fi, and between half-hour comedy, stage, and various movie roles, I've really tried to…

— Scott Bakula

The harder [role] the better. Definitely. When somebody turns around and says, "She can't do that," then that's the one I want…

— Priyanka Chopra

If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make…

— Candace Bushnell

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

— Rosa Parks

Friends describe me as someone who likes to sing and dance along the edge of the roof. I try to encourage young…

— Wilma Mankiller

Greed plays a role in causing unnecessary surgery, although I don't think the economic motive alone is enough to explain it. There's…

— Robert S. Mendelsohn

I just want to keep being creative, and I want to feel inspired by a role, and I want to keep acting.

— Ellen Wong

When I am playing a role far away from me with an accent that is not mine I always employ a dialect…

— David Oyelowo

In S Club I played a role in a band, but now I can go off and be me - My horizon's…

— Rachel Stevens

I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Ideas about a person's place in society, his role, lifestyle, and ego qualities will lose their hold as the cohesive forces in…

— Peter J. Carroll

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

— Kyra Sedgwick

In its effect on family relationships, in its facilitation of parental withdrawal from an active role in the socialization of their children,…

— Marie Winn

. . . What role does historiography play in the way a society and culture "remembers" past events? Does the historian have…

— Anonymous

Re-introducing Aquaman and getting him to a place like that and then ultimately having him headline a Justice League storyline that crosses…

— Geoff Johns

Playing Sheldon is just heaven for me. I realize how enormously lucky I am to play a role that makes me so…

— Jim Parsons

I play roles that frighten me as an actor.

— Atul Kulkarni

The danger of course is always is caricature. The biggest challenge was to sound like Nelson Mandela. Everything else is easy to…

— Matt Damon

I don't think I was fully satisfied acting. You know, the girlfriend role or the best friend role, and that wasn't enough…

— Joey Lauren Adams

Isolation of the caretaker role is a real danger. That way lies sadness.

— Christopher Noxon

One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive…

— Ben Mendelsohn

Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are…

— LeBron James

The poet's role has changed over the centuries, the ages. The poets, the griots, used to be the keepers of the facts;…

— Malik Yusef