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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. -- A. J. Liebling
I only want to work with transparent ideas and accessible technologies that 'spotlight' the individual's role in society through creativity. I try to live an open-source life. -- Chris Jordan
My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. -- John Lennon
The intellectual is an individual with a specific public role in society that cannot be reduced simply to . . a faceless professional. -- Noam Chomsky
How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women. -- Dalia Mogahed
Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role in society have been distorted. -- John Mackey
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. -- Dalia Grybauskaite
As a newcomer to America who learned to 'speak American' by watching movies, I firmly believe that to change the politics of immigration and citizenship, we must change culture - the way we portray undocumented people like me and our role in society. -- Jose Antonio Vargas
My music touches on things I am concerned with in my own life - the idea of a woman's role in society, sexuality, desire, monogamy, fantasy and glamour. That's what keeps me alive, and if I couldn't keep creating that, I'd fall into a bit of heap. -- Jane Badler
Religious freedom is often referred to as America's first freedom. Our country was founded by religious exiles and built on the belief that God has given all people certain inalienable rights. Government's role in society is to protect these rights and ensure that we are safe from religious persecution and discrimination. -- Marco Rubio
A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual. -- Oscar de la Renta
The role of art in society differs for every artist. -- Maya Lin
Cinema will always have an important role to play in society. -- Leslie Caron
The role of inequity in society is grossly underestimated. Inequity is not good for your health, basically. -- Frans de Waal
I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time. -- Sally Quinn
There are relatively few role models for young people. We are in a society that is ruled by men. -- Catherine Deneuve
In my community, women are as important as males, and they are playing an equal role in the society. -- Samina Baig
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. -- Barry Bonds
I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance. -- Bong Joon-ho
Without a positive male role model in your life, it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society. -- Donald Miller
Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a wonderful political tool. -- Mo Ibrahim
Games have a huge impact on our society because the media plays a role in helping to shape our attitudes. So it's not just fantasy. -- Anita Sarkeesian
But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital! -- Stephen Covey
Inspiration, in its rich variety, must be present in any discussion about Africa. We need role models - they are essential to the advancement of our society. -- Richard Attias
From an egotistical point of view, I'm always interested in roles that push me as a person. I'm interested in humans as animals and as products of society. -- Tom Cullen
I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies. -- Samina Baig
Women leading big corporations or assuming various important social and political roles is still considered newsworthy, which clearly shows the need to further support and enhance the role of women in society. -- Guler Sabanci
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies. -- Christiane Amanpour
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. -- Jean-Francois Lyotard
Society was created not by men but by women; men played only a side role. -- Debasish Mridha
A society which denies the heart its role becomes, in very short order, a heartless society. -- Russell Kirk
Without women taking an active role in Afghan society, rebuilding Afghanistan is going to be very difficult. -- Khaled Hosseini
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We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent. -- Abraham Flexner
A fundamental role in the renewal of society is played, of course, by the family and especially by young people. -- Pope Francis
Asked what role he believes art plays in society, Baselitz replied, 'The same role as a good shoe, nothing more. -- Georg Baselitz
You cannot understand the politics of today without understanding the Civil Rights Movement and the role it played in our society. -- Andrew Aydin
In a business society, the role of sex can be summed up in five pitiful little words. There is money in it. -- Margaret Halsey
We overlook just how large a role we all play--and by 'we' I mean society--in determining who makes it and who doesn't. -- Malcolm Gladwell
One of the most original and most important ideas advanced by Hayek is the role of the 'division of knowledge' in economic society. -- Fritz Machlup
Gilles Deleuze believed that every society needed a madman so we could feel better about ourselves. I do my best to fill that role. -- George Singleton
The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone. -- Michael Graves
Expect the rapidly expanding homeschool movement to play a significant role in the revolutionary reforms needed to rebuild a free society with constitutional protections. -- Ron Paul
Obliging a lady with respect is to pay tribute to her womanhood in elevating society from her role as a daughter, sister, mother and wife. -- Shah Asad Rizvi
A society needs famous people; the question is whom it chooses for that role. Any criticism of its choice is by implication a criticism of that society. -- Max Frisch
The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be. -- Wendell Pierce
Philanthropy is an important subject of liberal education because it examines the role of good works in shaping our conceptions of the good society and the good life. -- Robert L. Payton
Does art play a role in the greater good of society, or does it just promote the satisfaction of the artist? I go back and forth on that question. -- Liza Campbell
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. -- Vicente del Bosque
Blame and victim thinking are so ingrained into the fabric of our society it's hard to find a role model anywhere who simply practices personal accountability in all things. -- John G. Miller

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