Quotes about role
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“The daughter needs proper training and care before taking the role of a mother too.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“I would probably say that music is one of the most expressive art forms for me. Of course, I don’t perform professionally, though it does play a huge role: it helps me think differently and want to go on living.”

Chulpan Khamatova (1975) Russian actress

As quoted in "An interview with Chulpan Khamatova" in Mariinsky Theatre (28 February 2012) https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/news1/interview1/interview_with_chulpan_khamatova/

Art, Music, Thinking, Help

“NATO's failure to seriously examine its own role in what it euphemistically calls "uncertain times" should be more alarming to Americans and Europeans than its one-sided criticisms of Russia and China, whose contributions to the uncertainty of our times pale by comparison.”

Medea Benjamin (1952) American political activist and author

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, What Planet Is NATO Living On? It's No Longer Useful to This One Salon https://www.salon.com/2021/02/25/what-planet-is-nato-living-on-because-its-no-longer-useful-on-this-one/, (24 February 2021)

Failure, Time

“If I was blond and tall, then I would have had 10 times the competition. I auditioned steadily and performed for everyone who would hire me. Now I am in a position to pick and choose my roles.”

Lauren Tom (1970) actress, voice actress

Actress Dazzles With One Women Show https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/11/18/actress-dazzles-with-one-women-show/ (18 November 2002)

Time

“Not all the roles that I've gotten were stereotypical, but in Korea, especially for TV, it's a bit limited for women in their twenties and thirties. There aren't enough female roles.”

Claudia Kim (1985) South Korean actress

As quoted in "Everyone Is Going to Be Talking About Fantastic Beasts Actress Claudia Kim" in Glamour (14 November 2018) https://www.glamour.com/story/fantastic-beasts-claudia-kim

Women

“I want to try new creative things and find refreshing stories. That's how I've come to choose the roles that I've done.”

Song Kang-ho (1967) South Korean actor

As quoted in "Song Kang Ho and Ko Asung Talk SNOWPIERCER, Working with Director Bong Joon Ho, Reuniting to Play Father and Daughter & Working with Hollywood Stars" in Collider (28 June 2014) https://collider.com/song-kang-ho-ko-asung-snowpiercer-interview/

“The unprecedented circumstances we live in represent a unique opportunity for us to rethink the global role of multilateralism and strengthen the importance of orderly globalization and a rules-based international order.”

Andrej Plenković (1970) Prime Minister of Croatia

Source: "Speech at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly" https://undocs.org/en/A/75/PV.10 (25 September 2020)

“The role of the priest is make Christ manifest, such that we may be like a window which is unseen. You can see the window only when it is dirty, but as long as it is clean you can see right through it, and what we want is for people to see Christ.”

Ramón Calderón Batres (1938) Mexican Roman Catholic bishop

Source: Priest must be reflection of Christ, says bishop at international meeting https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/4540/priest-must-be-reflection-of-christ-says-bishop-at-international-meeting (1 August 2005)

People, Christ

“I was just so happy that I got a role and could give a performance. I still feel nervous at the thought of meeting an audience through the screen. I never dreamed that the show would become such a global sensation.”

HoYeon Jung (1994) South Korean model, actress

Source: "Exclusive: How Squid Game’s Hoyeon Jung Went from Model to Star of Netflix’s Biggest Hit" in Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/squid-game-star-hoyeon-jung-interview (7 October 2021)

Happiness, Dreams, Feeling

“I think if I got a role or a new series came in, then I’d have to focus on the shooting. At that moment, I don't think I can do modeling at the same time as acting, but, if I don't have a time [where I need to be shooting], then I could do modeling. I could manage. I'm a very flexible person!”

HoYeon Jung (1994) South Korean model, actress

Source: "“Squid Game” Star Hoyeon Jung on Her Rapid Rise, BLACKPINK’s Jennie, and What’s Next" in Teen Vogue https://www.teenvogue.com/story/squid-game-star-hoyeon-jung-interview (6 October 2021)

Thinking, Time, Personality

“Unfortunately, good stories are so compelling to us when we take the role of psychologist or social analyst that we do not realize that at best they constitute just a starting point for analysis.”

Robyn Dawes (1936–2010) American psychologist

Source: Everyday Irrationality: How Pseudo-Scientists, Lunatics, and the Rest of Us Systematically Fail to Think Rationally (2001), Chapter 7, “Good Stories” (p. 138)

“Just getting auditions was rough. But also just learning how to act - when I did my first role, in a film I did which was a favour to a friend, I realised I was really bad at it.”

Dave Bautista (1969) American actor and professional wrestler

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Learning

“The real martial artist must first be a role model in ethics.”

Reza Goodary (1988) Mixed martial artist

Source: The championship period is short. What we show in the heroic era comes back to us in the veteran era. The real martial artist must first be a role model in ethics. https://parsine.com/0033gy Parsine News, (September 9, 2021)

“What's the point of being the greatest, most powerful nation in the world and not having an imperial role?”

Irving Kristol (1920–2009) American columnist, journalist, and writer

Quoted in The Reactionary Mind
2000s

World

“If both China and Russia were liberal democracies, I don’t think we would be having conversations about great power competition. So I believe that regime type does matter, and the ideological dimension that comes with that regime type also plays a role in great power competition.”

Michael McFaul (1963) American academic and diplomat

"Toward a “Grander Strategy of Containing Putin’s Russia”: Ambassador Michael McFaul on Engagement and Containment in a New Era of Great Power Competition" in The Yale Review of International Studies http://yris.yira.org/comments/5314 (June 2021)

Democracy, Thinking

“I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as a writer and also as an oral communicator.”

Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017) author

Source: On speaking to readers in “Interview with Buchi Emecheta” http://www.emeagwali.com/nigeria/biography/buchi-emecheta-voice-09jul96.html (Philip Emeagwali)

People, Communication, Personality

“Art has a huge role to play in society and can be a catalyst for change and positivity if used in the right way.”

Stephanie Okereke Linus (1982) Nigerian Actress and singer

Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exclusive-interview-with-_37_b_11591236 During an interview (December 6 2017)

Art, Way, Change

“I pray that we all play our respective roles in furthering the cause of humanity and I pray that true peace, based upon justice, is established in all parts of the world.”

Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950) spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Addresses <br class="br">Source: Muslim leader calls for Media Responsibility in fight against Extremism https://www.pressahmadiyya.com/press-releases/2016/03/muslim-leader-calls-for-media-responsibility-in-fight-against-extremism/, Peace Symposium 19 March 2016

World, Peace, Justice, Parting

“Our bilateral cooperation with China has played a significant role in the transformation of our key development sectors, including infrastructure, agriculture, health, education, ICT, trade, mining, transport, as well as tourism.”

Édouard Ngirente (1973) Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, 2017-

Source: Édouard Ngirente (2021) cited in: " Prime Minister Ngirente: China-Africa ties crucial for development https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/prime-minister-ngirente-china-africa-ties-crucial-development" in The New Times, 16 November 2021.

Health, Education

“There really is that role for all of us in the building of the culture of life.”

Obianuju Ekeocha (1979) Nigerian biomedical scientist

Source: https://thecatholicspirit.com/uncategorized/raised-in-a-culture-of-life-in-africa-ekeocha-brings-pro-life-message-to-the-world/ speaking on her faith

Life

“From the director to the international cast, all of them are from deaf families for generations, while the film industry usually entrusts these roles to audacious interpreters that end up being bad imitators of the Sign language.”

Emilio Insolera (1979) Actor and film producer

Source: As quoted in Cinema. Quando il super eroe è sordo https://www.avvenire.it/agora/pagine/sordo(September 10, 2017), Avvenire)

Family

“We find ourselves in a time of global uncertainty and in such a time are called to offer the common man Christian hope, perspective for the future and faith in eternity. The people of today actually hunger the most for God. They seek solace in various surrogates and, therefore, experience disappointment. Nothing can give man meaning and peace except God. The Church should open its doors to all people. We Greek Catholics, with our mystical spirituality, ecclesiastical tradition and the wealth of our liturgy, can and should offer the living Christ, his joy, love, forgiveness and hope to the people around us in our own characteristic way. With great hope, I look toward the future of our Eparchy of Križevci and anticipate days of spiritual revival. Whoever truly wants to follow Christ will inevitably encounter resistance and persecution from the world. However, let us not lose hope. With God we are always in the majority and always on the winning side. May our many holy ancestors be our role models and support us on this path.”

Milan Stipić (1978) Croatian Greek-Catholic bishop

Source: The Episcopal Ordination of Msgr. Milan Stipić as the Bishop of Križevci https://ika.hkm.hr/english/the-episcopal-ordination-of-msgr-milan-stipic-as-the-bishop-of-krizevci/ (October 2020)

Love, Hunger, God, People

“It’s better to be typecast than not cast. When I worked in theatre I played all sorts of roles, everything was open to me- and when working in TV and film initially too.”

Alan Ford (actor) (1938) English actor

Source: Alan Ford – Interview http://www.gentlemensgoods.com/2014/10/alan-ford-interview/ (2014)

“In the perspective of the audience, the movies that make me think are the most precious. I want to naturally be projected onto the film or role. From there, applying my tendencies and emotions is what I believe is the most natural way for actors to tell a story.”

Gong Yoo (1979) South Korean actor

Source: "Gong Yoo Talks About The Difficulties Of Getting Out Of Character And His Approach As An Actor" https://www.soompi.com/article/1464450wpp/gong-yoo-talks-about-the-difficulties-of-getting-out-of-character-and-his-approach-as-an-actor (15 April 2021)

Way, Nature, Thinking

“Because physical theories typically predict numerical values, an improvement in experimental precision reduces the tolerance range and hence increases corroborability. In most psychological research, improved power of a statistical design leads to a prior probability approaching ½ of finding a significant difference in the theoretically predicted direction. Hence the corroboration yielded by "success" is very weak, and becomes weaker with increased precision. "Statistical significance" plays a logical role in psychology precisely the reverse of its role in physics. This problem is worsened by certain unhealthy tendencies prevalent among psychologists, such as a premium placed on experimental "cuteness" and a free reliance upon ad hoc explanations to avoid refutation.”

Paul E. Meehl (1920–2003) American psychologist

Source: [Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A methodological paradox, Philosophy of Science, 34, 2, 1967, 103–115, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/288135]

Problem, Success

“In every ideological or political movement, the two most important components play an important role: the idea and the person. Leading ideas and worldviews in the ideological movement and guiding program decisions in the political - create the "soul", the essence, the inner meaning of the movement. People who recognize, disseminate and implement ideas and programs and for that purpose take an active part in the movement - create its living, active organism.”

Stepan Bandera (1909–1959) Ukrainian anti-communist

Source: "Idea and Man in the Ideological Movement" (1954)

People, Soul, Idea, Decision

“I always wanted to be a priest and missionary. But God has always caught me off guard. I am nostalgic for what I left behind, but I accepted everything without bitterness and never got my head in the various roles I took on. Personally, I would have preferred to go on the mission, but the Pope asked me to be a missionary here in Setúbal. The mission today is in Europe and a challenge for the Church.”

José Ornelas Carvalho (1954) Portuguese catholic bishop

Source: Making the church a laboratory of humanization https://www.dehoniani.org/en/making-the-church-a-laboratory-of-humanization/ (9 November 2020)

God, Personality

“Mary places herself between her Son and mankind in the reality of our hardships and sufferings. She places herself in the middle - she becomes a mediator not as a stranger, but in her role as true mother, aware that as such she makes present to her Son the needs of mankind.”

José Luis Mollaghan (1946) Argentinian archbishop

Argentinean bishop: Rosary helps Catholics face difficulties of life https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/21189/argentinean-bishop-rosary-helps-catholics-face-difficulties-of-life (18 October 2010)

Reality, Suffering

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

Judith Butler (1956) American philosopher and gender theorist

Source: 'Gender is een performance', Gender is a performance, Anouta de Groot, 2017-09-04, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, nl, In 1999 schreef de Amerikaanse filosoof Judith Butler haar bekende werk Gender Trouble. Met dit boek zette zei het begrip gender op de kaart. Butler stelt hierin dat gender niet biologisch vastgelegd is, maar door de maatschappij wordt bepaald en steeds kan veranderen. "Masculine and feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.", 2022-06-12 https://www.ru.nl/radboudreflects/terugblik/terugblik-2017-0/terugblik-2017/17-09-04-man-vrouw-doe-filosofieworkshop-anya/,

“We've gone from a traditional system to a modern system that the population needs to learn about, and I believe that the role of the Church today is to educate for democracy.”

Basílio do Nascimento (1950–2021) Roman Catholic bishop of Baucau, East Timor

East Timor bishops prepare for first-ever Ad Limina visit http://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2014/03/15/east_timor_bishops_prepare_for_first-ever_ad_limina_visit/en1-781767 (15 March 2014)

Education, Democracy, Learning

“Our main concern now is to bring peace to the hearts of the people. Schools have an important role in this since classes have children of different ethnic groups and this is where they can be educated to live side by side.”

Angelo Moreschi (1952–2020) Italian Catholic Bishop

Slowly Calm Returns to Gambella After Fierce Ethnic Clashes. Concern for 16,000 People in Flight Towards Sudan http://www.fides.org/en/news/1553-AFRICA_ETHIOPIA_SLOWLY_CALM_RETURNS_TO_GAMBELLA_AFTER_FIERCE_ETHNIC_CLASHES_CONCERN_FOR_16_000_PEOPLE_IN_FLIGHT_TOWARDS_SUDAN (20 January 2004)

Children, People, Education, School

“I’ve finally been persuaded out of retirement. But my skills are a bit rusty, so the best role I could land was an unpaid internship with a friend. Pray for me!”

Milo Yiannopoulos (1984) British journalist

6 June 2022 post on Telegram https://t.me/MiloClinic/35799, verified by Allie Griffin of New York Post https://nypost.com/2022/06/06/milo-yiannopoulos-is-marjorie-taylor-greenes-unpaid-intern/

“I think it is reasonable to posit that it is often the people who have had too easy a time—who have been pampered and elevated falsely in their self-esteem—who adopt the role of victim and the mien of resentment.”

Jordan Peterson book Beyond Order

Source: Books, Beyond Order (2021), p. 339

People, Thinking, Time, Falseness

“To build unity requires recognizing the central role of young activists. They are vigorously fighting the attack on this century's Reconstruction. Their anger at today's ugly society often translates into a passionate drive for unity across color lines.”

Elizabeth Martinez (1925) American community organizer, activist, author, and educator

De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century (2017)

Color, Passion, Fight, Anger

“Media freedom plays an indispensable role in informing the public, holding governments accountable, and telling stories that otherwise would not be told. The U.S. will continue to stand up for the brave and necessary work of journalists around the world.”

Antony Blinken (1962) American government official and 71th U.S. Secretary of State

Quoted in British Court Trusts US to Protect Assange Even Though CIA Plotted to Kill Him https://truthout.org/articles/british-court-trusts-us-to-protect-assange-even-though-cia-plotted-to-kill-him/, Marjorie Cohn, Truthout (15 December 2021)

World, Freedom

“I feel like every role you take, there's a part of you that obviously feels like you can do it. I don't know if perfect is the right word because I don't believe in perfection. I don't think it exists.”

Mila Kunis (1983) American actress

"Mila Kunis Interview BLACK SWAN" in Collider https://collider.com/mila-kunis-interview-black-swan/ (23 November 20100

Feeling, Thinking, Parting, Perfection

“The genus Homo, by its origin, is the result of confluence of circumstances. But its further evolutionary development until acquiring a full-fledged mind was only possible with its crucial role.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

“There’s always this question in every growing consciousness, what is the purpose of life and what are our roles in it. When you focus on this question for a while the answers somehow present itself to you, you’d realise that we are searching for something which we don’t know what it really is or where to actually get it.
At the end of the search you’d realise that everything you’re searching for is already within you and you’ve been searching for yourself. So it’s safe to say the purpose of life is self realisation and unfoldment.”

N3du

Life, Search, Question

“Believe me, success can never stand alone. It always needs the support of other people's roles and presence.”

Titon Rahmawan

People, Support, Success

“In sex, healthy perversion has an essential role.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Nel sesso, la sana perversione ha un ruolo essenziale.
Source: prevale.net

Sex

“Roles are temporary, grades and titles have an expiry, but the way you treat people will be remembered forever.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: I ruoli sono temporanei, gradi e titoli hanno una scadenza, ma il modo in cui tratti le persone verrà ricordato per sempre.
Source: prevale.net

People, Way

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Quotes about role
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