Football has an important role to play in society. Players should have a sense of social responsibility, have a moral dimension to them which shows up in good conduct.
The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the New Deal.
The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, all the regulator agencies - if there's a problem of the financial mechanism in society, the only one to fix it is government. They've got a legitimate role.
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.
I've long been really intrigued with what is the... proper role of faith and religion in public life.
My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
Potentially, you do inhabit different worlds. And while there are no specific roles I'm burning to play, as far as acting in the future goes, I'd really like to have done searing work.
It's funny, oftentimes the really great roles that I enjoy are in classic plays, and there aren't many theatres in New York who will do them, aside from Roundabout.
I'd say that the question whether love still exists plays the same role in my novels as the question of God's existence in Dostoevsky.
Intelligence is playing a more important role in policymaker decisions than I think I've ever seen in my time in Congress or before.
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine.
It's very important in a leadership role not to place your ego at the foreground and not to judge everything in relationship to how your ego is fed.
The First Amendment has the same role in my life as a citizen and a writer as the sun has in our ecosystem.
Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't.
The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
Being an actor, the less people know about my personal life, the more open-minded they can be about each role I play.
I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.
People are incapable of stereotyping you; you stereotype yourself because you're the one who accepts roles that put you in this rut or in this stereotype.
In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.
I can't keep myself from playing roles. The emotionless decadent, looking for diversion from boredom, is a favorite.
