“New pressures are causing ever more people to find their main satisfaction in their consumptive role rather than in their productive role. And these pressures are bringing forward such traits as pleasure-mindedness, self-indulgence, materialism, and passivity as conspicuous elements of the American character.” PeopleSelfCharacterPleasureRolesElementsPressureSatisfactionProductiveMaterialismTraitsConsumerismIndulgenceOverconsumptionPassivitySelf IndulgenceAmerican Character Author:Vance Packard
“As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered young, aspiring women writers around the country an example of the possibilities of achieving both fame and economic reward.” CountryYoungProcessRolesSuccessfulEconomicAchieveExamplePossibilityFameEssentialsElementsRewardsGenderDedicatedGender Roles Author:Lydia Sigourney
“The proper role of humanists is not to bring 'human values' to the attention of technicians otherwise engaged in a purely instrumental approach to their calling, but to demand the restoration of the practical or moral element in callings that have degenerated into techniques.” InspirationalHumansValuesAttentionMoralRolesCallingDemandElementsApproachTechniquePracticalsEngagedRestorationHuman ValuesTechnicians Author:Christopher Lasch
“You really come to life on stage but outside - this is a bit of a sad clown cliché - there is that element of loneliness you get from travelling and being on the road. Stand-ups can bring a lot of that to a dramatic role and make it work for them.” BitsRolesStageLonelinessElementsDramaticClownSad Clown Author:Doc Brown
“I do try hard to pick roles that differ. I love that about the job. I think the variety that's out there is to be taken advantage of and I enjoy that element of shape shifting with everything.” ThinkingTryingHardJobsEnjoyRolesTakenShapesElementsPicksAdvantageVarietyShiftingTaken Advantage Author:Emily Blunt
“Production of identity is a resistance element, an aggressive element. Both a refusal and an affirmation and an assertion, and certainly, we in Jamaica were talking about black art. And the idea that there is a role for art in the civil rights revolution and in the successor to the civil rights revolution.” ArtIdeasBlackTalkingRolesRightsIdentityRevolutionElementsProductionsResistanceCivil RightsAggressiveAffirmationRefusalAssertionSuccessorsJamaicaBlack Art Author:Mark McMorris
“For every role, I brought certain elements of the character. Even on White Collar over six years, I tried to keep the set fun and breezy and Howard Hawks-y and very of the tone of the show.” YearsCharacterShowsCertainFunWhiteRolesElementsSixToneCollarsHawksWhite CollarBreezy Author:Matt Bomer
“Linking financial element to energy consumption I think has a huge role if you think about a display instrument that could teach us about what we are using, how much it costs us, how much it is saving, and therefore change our decisions.” IfsThinkingEnergyDecisionRolesTeachHugeCostElementsInstrumentsFinancialSavingDisplayConsumptionEnergy Consumption Author:Dan Ariely
“The physical element of a role is something I'm super familiar with, and I love it. I've definitely made the transition into acting over doubling, just because I needed to make it clear to myself, so that I fully committed.” MadeActingRolesClearNeededElementsCommittedFamiliarTransition Author:Zoe Bell
“I love languages (I speak French and Spanish and have been studying Russian) and accents; so one definite dream role would be being able to combine those elements into a character.” Has BeensCharacterDreamWould BeAbleSpeakLanguageRolesStudyElementsAccentsDefiniteSpeaks French Author:Sundra Oakley
“Initially it was a fascination for Tolkienesque Fantasy, and role-playing games, with time I realized that it was the mythological elements that fascinated me the most, so I moved more and more in that direction.” GamesRolesFantasyElementsMovedI RealizedFascinatedFascinationPlaying GamesRole Playing Author:Varg Vikernes
“I think religion has often played a very positive role. Take western civilization, the Catholic Church has played an honorable role in helping those in need. In contrast, the US carried out a virtual war against the church in central America in the 1980's primarily because prime elements in the church were working with great courage and honor to help those in need. And to organize them to help themselves.” ThinkingNeedsWarHelpingAmericaChurchRolesHonorCivilizationElementsCatholicWesternPrimeContrastOrganizeHonorableCatholic ChurchWestern CivilizationVery PositiveThose In NeedCentral America Author:Noam Chomsky
“I mean there's still also an element of the audience looking for role models. In my day, when I started, if you were an action hero, you were a little bit of a role model like the person.” IfsMeanLittlesPersonsStillsActionBitsRolesAudienceHeroElementsLittle BitModelsRole ModelsAction Heroes Author:Dolph Lundgren
“For acting, if there's a strong female role and there is that action element, for me that just feels really natural.” IfsFeelsActionStrongNaturalActingRolesElementsFemaleStrong FemaleFemale Roles Author:Marisa Miller