“You think once you've shown what you can do, and your movies have been successful, that snap, you work. So to discover the difference between guys' roles and girls' roles made me plain mad. It's unjust.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeGuyGirlCan DoDifferencesRolesSuccessfulMadUnjustSnaps Author:Connie Nielsen
“Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had to do it because of his father. He's much more comfortable in a private sector role and has, in fact, been much more successful in a private sector role, and I admire him for that.” FactsProblemFatherFeltViewsRolesSuccessfulComfortableAdmireUncomfortableAlsGorePrivate Sector Author:Andrew Sullivan
“We interact with others and we decide who we are. Are we reclusive? Are we outgoing? Are we successful? Are we going to be a failure? We cast a role for ourselves and we step into it.” StepsRolesSuccessfulAwarenessBuddhismCastsWho We AreOutgoing Author:Frederick Lenz
“A lot of people give actors credit when they gain weight for a role in a drama when they win an Oscar, but when you’re doing a sitcom, people don’t give you a lot of credit, because you’ve got to keep your weight on for five or six years if it’s successful.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsActorsWinningRolesSuccessfulFiveDramaSixGainsWeightCreditOscarsSitcom Author:Mike O'Malley
“I first felt successful when I was 13 and in a show called "Seesaw." I came offstage and heard the applause of the theater audience and felt a sense of accomplishment. Around that time, my role model for success was Burt Lancaster. He was one of the first actors in Hollywood to start his own production company, and I respected him because he created something he believed in.” FirstsShowsFeltRolesAudienceSuccessfulHeardModelsTheaterAccomplishmentRole ModelsApplauseSense Of AccomplishmentLancasterSeesaw Author:Giancarlo Esposito
“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 role of science is to be systematic, to be accurate, to be orderly, but it certainly is not to imply that the aggregated, successful hypotheses of the past have the kind of truth that goes into a number system.” KindPastNumbersRolesSuccessfulAccurateHypothesisSystematicOrderly Book:Generation of Greatness: The Idea of a University in an Age of Science Source: Generation of Greatness: The Idea of a University in an Age of Science
“I realize now how lucky I was, in the total absence of role models, to have only men to rebel against. Today's women students are meeting their oppressors in dangerously seductive new form, as successful congenial female professors who view themselves as victims of a rigid foreign ideology.” MenTodayFormRealizingViewsRolesSuccessfulStudentsLuckyModelsFemaleVictimMeetingsAbsenceIdeologyProfessorsRole ModelsRebelOppressorsSeductive Author:Camille Paglia
“After I got disciplined I got introduced to football and then after that everything just took off for me. I had a lot of role models: the teachers, the coaches. Watching them give so much to so many students so they can be successful in life basically just ingrained in me that I think it's more gratifying for me to give back and than just to receive.” ThinkingGivingRolesSuccessfulTeacherStudentsFootballModelsCoachesBeing SuccessfulRole ModelsGiving Back Author:Jerry Rice
“The philosophy of being able as a woman to decide what you want and being unashamed about making it happen was new. Most successful businessmen are in that role. 'No' is never perceived as the end of the line. 'No' just means picking a new avenue.” WantMeanEndsPhilosophyHappensAbleLinesRolesSuccessfulWhat You WantBusinessmanAvenuesSuccessful BusinessSuccessful Businessman Author:Sharon Stone
“Mothers have not always had the most important role in their children's upbringing, when they had other economic roles to play. Inpast centuries, fathers were the key parent in the upbringing of the next generation, because moral training, not emotional sensitivity, was thought to be central to successful child-rearing. Mothers were thought to corrupt their little ones with too much affection and not enough stern training.” ChildrenLittlesImportantEnoughPlayMotherNextFatherParentMoralRolesSuccessfulToo MuchGenerationsEconomicCenturyEmotionalKeysTrainingAffectionSensitivityNext GenerationUpbringingChild Rearing Author:Sandra Scarr
“What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending to women the right to vote. We were barely a nation when we set the bar for bravery and sacrifice by common soldiers in foreign wars. We grew up out of racism and misogyny and homophobia to become a mostly tolerant, successful multicultural society. We did these great things because we know we are in it together. It is our core value as Australians.” KnowsWorldWayWarTogetherValuesNationsLeadershipCommonSecretLeaderRolesSuccessfulEnvironmentSacrificeConditionsGrewGrew UpRacismStandardsVoteBraveryRaisesWorkersSoldierCoreBarsGreat ThingsMisogynyHomophobiaBallotsExtendingRight To VoteMulticulturalCore ValuesLeading The WayMulticultural Society Author:Geraldine Brooks
“I know it's going to sound like a cliché, but the key of successful playing a role is to sort of keep it real and earnest and react the way that one would react in those situations. Where the disconnect between the movie and the audience would happen is if you go too big or too crazy with that stuff.” IfsKnowsWayRealBigsHappensStuffSoundSituationRolesAudienceSuccessfulCrazyKeysEarnestKeeping It Real Author:Jay Baruchel
“The role of the opposition leader differs from that of the chancellor. If this government is to be successful, I have to take the emotional state of all partners into account. Besides, the Social Democrats didn't exactly present me with the motto "Let us dare to have more freedom" on a silver platter.” IfsStatesGovernmentSocialLeaderRolesSuccessfulEmotionalAccountsDemocratDarePartnersBeing SuccessfulOppositionSilverMottoSilver Platter Author:Angela Merkel
“Traditionally, women have a lot of different roles in society. It is very difficult to balance all these roles and at the same time to compete with men. A leading, successful woman has to put in much bigger efforts to be more competent and faster, more dynamic and organized, than a successful man.” MenDifferentDifficultEffortRolesSuccessfulBalanceBiggerFasterOrganizedCompetentSuccessful WomenSuccessful Man Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“Concrete examples of successful women and their stories of achievement are the best inspiration and [means of] empowerment for other women to seek the heights in their professional career and take a leading role in society.” MeanStoriesInspirationCareersRolesSuccessfulExampleAchievementEmpowermentHeightConcreteSuccessful WomenProfessional Career Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“I was doing big roles and, yeah, everything was going great. In the midst of all that, I guess I had already become common in the sense that I became formed into what the world wanted me to be. My desires and my goals were (identified) by the world - the things that would make me (successful) in the sight of the world and would give me a status that I thought was security.” WorldGivingBigsWantedDesireGoalCommonRolesSuccessfulSecuritySightGive MeYeahMidst Author:Patricia Mauceri
“My life has been centered around sports. It is where I have met my closest friends and shaped the values that have made me a successful athlete, student and role model for young people.” PeopleHas BeensMadeYoungValuesSportsRolesSuccessfulStudentsMetsModelsAthleteRole ModelsClosestClosest Friends Author:Jennie Finch
“Commitment is a big part of what I am and what I believe. How committed are you to winning? How committed are you to being a good friend? To being trustworthy? To being successful? How committed are you to being a good father, a good teammate, a good role model? There's that moment every morning when you look in the mirror: Are you committed, or are you not?” BelieveLooksMomentsBigsFatherWinningI BelieveRolesMorningSuccessfulModelsCommitmentMirrorsCommittedBeing SuccessfulThat MomentRole ModelsEvery MorningGood FriendTeammateTrustworthyGood FatherBeing A Good FriendGood Role ModelsInspirational CommitmentBeing A Good Father Author:LeBron James
“A single girlfriend can play an important role in success of your career but a bunch of girlfriends can seriously ruins your successful life.” ImportantPlayCareersRolesSuccessfulBunchRuinsGirlfriendSuccessful Life Author:Wiz Khalifa