Roles Quotes

• My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

  John Lennon

  Hippie, Artist, Reflection

  John Lennon, Wulf Herzogenrath, Dorothée Hansen (1995). “John Lennon: drawings, performances, films”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one's life.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Memories, Powerful, Food

  Anthony Bourdain (2010). “A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal”, p.6, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

  Michael Caine

  Funny, Humorous, Theatre

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• Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.

  Judith Butler

  Masculine And Feminine, Fixed, Feminine

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  Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

  Jane Goodall

  Inspirational, Educational, Differences

  Jane Goodall (1994). “With Love: Ten Heartwarming Stories of Chimpanzees in the Wild”, Scholastic Incorporated

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• I definitely want to do films. To see a character out from beginning to end in a matter of a hundred somewhat pages and then move on to the next role, is fascinating.

  Michael B. Jordan

  Moving, Character, Want

  Source: carlosematias.wordpress.com

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• Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.

  Nelson Mandela

  Country, Children, Play

  "Who Is Nelson Mandela? A Reader's Digest Exclusive Interview". Interview with Caitlin O'Connell, www.rd.com. 2005.

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• One man in his time plays many parts.

  William Shakespeare

  Birthday, Character, Men

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

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• Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Leadership, Believe, Unique

  Warren G. Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman (1997). “Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration”, p.210, Basic Books

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• A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role that is understood by other members.

  Meredith Belbin

  Teamwork, Jobs, People

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• All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Birthday, Men

  'As You Like It' (1599) act 2, sc. 7, l. 139

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• I was never a pretty girl, so I wasn't the one to get the boy. I used to cast myself as a good sport. Sometimes I wonder if I do that too much with roles I play, because if I'm absolutely truthful, I quite like being the best friend, or the supporting role, and actually I ought to gear-change and make myself the leading role.

  Celia Imrie

  Girl, Sports, Boys

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• How ever sugarcoated and ambiguous, every form of authoritarianism must start with a belief in some group's greater right to power, whether that right is justified by sex, race, religion or all four.

  Gloria Steinem

  Sex, Race, Liberty

  Gloria Steinem (1986). “Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions”, New Amer Library

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• Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child. He must be selfless. He must be responsible. He must be reliable. He must be a role model. Happy Father's Day to the men who are being real fathers.

  Tony Gaskins

  Children, Father, Real

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• They say the Catholic church played a big role in the genocide... and now they have me, a bishop, as proof, a prize to say there, that's what they did.

  Augustin Misago

  Scary, Catholic, Church

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• 'Branding' has taken on too much of a role as a specialized craft performed by voodoo artists.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Taken, Artist, Crafts

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• The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

  Miranda Cosgrove

  Reading, Mean, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

  Anthony Albanese

  Government, Play, Constitution

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Guys have to look up to somebody. Everybody needs to have their own role and somebody has to be the star.

  Earl Monroe

  Stars, Guy, Needs

  "'The Pearl' Still Shining: An Interview with New York Knicks Legend Earl Monroe". Interview with Keith Schlosser, bleacherreport.com. November 24, 2009.

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• You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

  Daniel Day-Lewis

  Life, Cinema, Reason Why

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• Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me.

  Lee Van Cleef

  Funny, Eye, Acting

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am interested in the creativity of the criminal attitude because I recognize in it the existence of a special condition of crazy creativity. A creativity without morals fired only by the energy of freedom and the rejection of all codes and laws. For freedom rejects the dictated roles of the law and of the imposed order and for this reason is isolated.

  Joseph Beuys

  Attitude, Crazy, Creativity

  "Beuys: Tracce in Italia". Book by Germano Celant, 1978.

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• I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

  Diane Ladd

  Jobs, Actresses, Lost

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• I love roles where I am required to prepare physically. And it's fun putting on weight and eating.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Fun, Weight, Eating

  "The MH Interview: Mark Wahlberg". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. April 23, 2013.

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• The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others.

  Jack Zipes

  Storyteller

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