Roles Quotes - Page 37

• Because many of us make mistakes that can have bad consequences, some intellectuals believe that it is the role of government to intervene and make some of our decisions for us. From what galaxy government is going to hire creatures who do not make mistakes is a question they leave unanswered.

  Thomas Sowell

  Mistake, Believe, Government

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• The crucial role of the rich in a capitalist economy is... to invest; to provide unencumbered and unbureaucratized cash.

  George Gilder

  Capitalist Economy, Cash, Rich

  George F. Gilder (1981). “Wealth & Poverty”, Ics Press

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• Liberalism had come to mean spending more on everything-speech police, failed poverty programs that reward dependence, a bigger nanny state telling us we cannot eat fatty foods, workplace roles that stifle opportunity, and absurd environmental regulations.

  John Stossel

  Mean, Opportunity, Police

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• There is no normal. What my job was a few years ago was completely different than what it is today. As soon as I have it dialed in, the company changes and the team changes and my role changes as a result. What the company needs is always evolving, and I don't get to choose what I want to do as much as I thought I would be now - which is OK. It keeps me in this position of learning new things and keeping me humble. There is always something I don't know, and I'm comfortable with that.

  Sophia Amoruso

  Jobs, Team, Humble

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• Whenever I play a role, whether it's good or bad, an evil person or nice person, I believe in being a purist and going all the way with the role. If I'm going to be a villainous wrestler, I believe in going all the way with it and not breaking character and not giving away to the audience that I'm playing a role. I believe in playing it straight to the hilt.

  Andy Kaufman

  Nice, Believe, Character

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

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• It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted toward the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created and it's produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it ... I want to see dynamic characters and roles that everyone wants to watch.

  Amandla Stenberg

  Character, People, Black

  "Amandla Stenberg Is Ready to Be Your Role Model" by Chaédria Labouvier, www.elle.com. August 12, 2015.

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• I want to be fulfilled creatively as an actress and get to be in roles that are meaningful and impactful. I hope the same thing for myself as a director, one day. I want to make things that have an impact on how we look at the world.

  Amandla Stenberg

  Meaningful, Impact, One Day

  "Amandla Stenberg: the new agenda" by Caroline Ryder, www.dazeddigital.com. August 11, 2015.

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• When men come home, it is more about being part of the family, being with the children, spending more time with the children, being a strong role model. But I think going as far as cooking and putting the apron on, that takes away the masculinity, and I would miss that.

  Penny Lancaster

  Strong, Children, Home

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• I had a really small role (playing goddess Aphrodite), and I was only working for just over a week with Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. I'd done a few short films before and thought acting was really creative, but when I worked with those guys, I was just like: "Wow!" They had such fun and freedom. They were trying things and stretching themselves. It was so inspiring that I was like: "I definitely want to do this!"

  Agyness Deyn

  Fun, Creative, Guy

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• The role of the board is advice and consent. If the CEO does not lay out a clear strategy and tries to get the board to set one, it will usually end in disaster.

  Sam Altman

  Advice, Trying, Doe

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• You've got to pick your roles really carefully. It's a lot more fun to play a layered woman, than just someone where what you see is what you get, by far.

  Melissa George

  Fun, Play, Picks

  Source: collider.com

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• These parents, they think I'm a role model for their kids, that their kids look at me as some sort of idol. But it's the parents' job to make sure their kids don't turn out that shallow.

  Britney Spears

  Jobs, Kids, Thinking

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

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• People see me in powerful roles. That's what people want to see. That's what I want to do.

  Paul Sorvino

  Powerful, People, Want

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• Our duties naturally emerge form such fundamental relations as our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, our state or nation. Make it your regular habit to consider your roles-parent, child, neighbor, citizen, leader-and the natural duties that arise from them. Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do.

  Epictetus

  Children, Leader, Parent

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• I've been to unpretty places with the roles I've played, and I'm attracted to reckless abandon. I like being taken to the edge of my own abyss.

  Rhys Ifans

  Taken, Reckless, Abyss

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• Over and over, since I was very young, I see things that are about to happen. You can call it heightened intuition; you can call it visions... I see it as a gift. It's my role to give people a heightened awareness, to show that basically we can change the world.

  Shari Arison

  People, Giving, Intuition

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• The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they've played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That's why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.

  Ben Stiller

  Stars, Caring, Names

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• So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get to play. A lot of folks have said we're not trained enough and that we're not prepared to do whatever.

  Laverne Cox

  Play, People, Actors

  Source: variety.com

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• When you're writing a story or an actor playing a role, you should never think of your characters as heroes or villains. You have to think of them as people first.

  Morgan Neville

  Hero, Character, Writing

  "Interview: Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville on Sparking Debate with 'Best of Enemies'". Interview with Stephen Saito, moveablefest.com. July 31, 2015.

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• My role as a producer is very specific. It's maintaining the creative truthfulness, day in and day out.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  Creative, Maintaining, Producers

  Source: collider.com

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• Every actor is riddled with insecurity, of course. But weirdly, I don't really find that I'd be daunted with taking on roles or anything.

  Martin Freeman

  Insecurity, Actors, Courses

  "Martin Freeman Talks the Ring’s Impact on Bilbo, Being a Favorite for the Role & a Lot More on the Set of THE HOBBIT". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 25, 2012.

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• In my ideal world, it would be a soulful connection to the role because you've shared a lot of the same experiences as the character and you just feel so right in it. That's the first thing I look for.

  Giles Matthey

  Character, Firsts, Connections

  Source: collider.com

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• I remember when I read Walter, for example, six years ago now, I said, "This is the role for me." I said that to my family. There was something there that I knew was absolutely right, and that was just based on the character. That's when gut instinct comes into play. I know there are certain things I won't do.

  John Noble

  Character, Years, Play

  Source: collider.com

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• I think all the roles I've played really center around either the great conflict or how the great conflict affects the people that I love. I've been cast often as a hard-nosed, hyper-confident guy.

  Andre Braugher

  Thinking, People, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• Anything dark and emotionally complex, I'll do it. You're acting, but when you take an acting role, you have to live it. You're living the life of that person.

  Melissa George

  Live Life, Dark, Acting

  Source: collider.com

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