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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
Edmund Hillary
Important
Summit
Fact
Lead
Along
Most
Important Role
Up
Very
Mountaineering
Role
In Fact
Them
Many
Play
As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to their work and have written about the role of agriculture in American innovation.
Edmund Phelps
Work
Innovation
Agriculture
Long
Dedication
Admired
About
Written
Role
American
Grandson
Farmers
Illinois
I am very, very competitive and ambitious. I would definitely fight hard for a role I believed in.
Edward Furlong
Fight
Definitely
Would
Am
Ambitious
Very
Role
Hard
Believed
Competitive
I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.
Edward Herrmann
Good
Character
Man
Matter
Character Actor
Take
Lead
Leading
Leading Man
Offered
Role
Good Actors
Really
Good Character
Fill
Actor
Abby Johnson has agreed to become Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity, reflecting a further step forward in our leadership succession plan. Abby will retain her role of President, and I will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.
Edward Johnson, III
Leadership
Will
Become
President
Our
Further
Johnson
Retain
Step
Step Forward
Executive
Continue
Reflecting
Chief
Chief Executive
Role
Officer
Board
Fidelity
Plan
Succession
Forward
Agreed
Chairman
Serve
Her
I would expect the family would continue to play a critical role in leading Fidelity. However, the company does not necessarily have to be run day-to-day by a family member. It will be run by the person who is determined to have the right skills and chemistry.
Edward Johnson, III
Family
Will
Chemistry
Member
Critical
Run
Would
Determined
Day-To-Day
Leading
Does
However
Continue
Expect
Role
Person
Family Member
Fidelity
Skills
Who
Company
Play
Right
Necessarily
If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.
Edward Norton
Running
Put
Role
Trying
Size
Then
Much
After 9/11, many of the most important news outlets in America abdicated their role as a check to power - the journalistic responsibility to challenge the excesses of government - for fear of being seen as unpatriotic and punished in the market during a period of heightened nationalism.
Edward Snowden
Government
News
Fear
Challenge
Responsibility
Seen
Power
Important
Nationalism
Market
Punished
Unpatriotic
Outlets
Excess
Journalistic
Check
Most
Period
Role
America
Being
The Most Important
After
Many
Democracy demands that judges confine themselves to a narrow sphere of influence - that is why the late Alexander Bickel called the judiciary the 'Least Dangerous Branch.' In a world governed by a proper conception of their role, judges don't play at being legislators - they leave that job to our elected representatives.
Edwin Meese
Democracy
World
Dangerous
Job
Judiciary
Alexander
Late
Our
Sphere
Proper
Demands
Conception
Judges
Narrow
Least
Leave
Governed
Branch
Role
Representatives
Confine
Legislators
Being
Influence
Themselves
Elected
Why
Play
It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.
Ehud Barak
Government
Soldiers
Citizens
Role
Defend
The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.
Ehud Olmert
World
Will
Building
Corner
Extreme
Entire
Entire World
Facing
Remain
Stuck
Take
Steps
Ready
Off
Historic
Junction
Role
Want
Decide
Process
Whether
Which
Them
Cut
Palestinians
Fundamentalism
Necessary
Assist
People win medals in all shapes and sizes! And I can't help but say that finding a fiance who loves me unconditionally at any size has played a huge role in my body confidence.
Elana Meyers
Me
Confidence
People
Win
Say
Finding
Shapes
Unconditionally
Huge
Role
Any
Fiance
Size
Sizes
Loves
Body
Help
Who
Medals
Played
There are now superhero movies fronted by women, and I think directors generally are moving away from that stereotypical woman's role that is just about being flirted with by a man before falling into his arms.
Eleanor Tomlinson
Man
Woman
Women
Before
Think
Superhero
About
Directors
Generally
Stereotypical
Arms
Falling
His
Role
Just
Being
Movies
Moving
Moving Away
Now
Away
In Austria, a rather authoritarian Catholic country, the role of the social admonisher traditionally fell to artists because there were no great political thinkers.
Elfriede Jelinek
Great
Political
Country
Rather
Fell
Catholic
Because
Were
Austria
Authoritarian
Role
Artists
Social
Thinkers
My dream role? I think to play Sammy Davis Jr. and his life story.
Elijah Kelley
Life
Think
Dream
Life Story
Davis
His
Role
Story
Play
As much as my primary vocation is that of an actor, if anything, I feel like I am more excited about filmmaking in general, so it's not always a specific role that I'm attracted to, but rather an entire piece that I want to be a part of.
Elijah Wood
Entire
About
Vocation
General
Rather
More
Part
Excited
Primary
Feel
Like
Piece
Attracted
Always
Am
Role
Want
Anything
Much
Actor
Specific
Filmmaking
After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.
Eliot Spitzer
Wisdom
Appreciation
Rights
Law
Lawyer
Society
Defense
Our
Framing
Define
Responsibilities
Both
Developed
Prosecutor
Attorney
Years
Role
After
Deep
Play
There aren't that many female role models in science. There are a couple of women, but mostly you've got Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss - they're all guys. Bill Nye the Science Guy. I love that guy, but it's all guys.
Elise Andrew
Love
You
Science
Women
Tyson
Neil
Guy
Lawrence
Guys
Couple
Mostly
Female
Got
Role
Role Models
Models
Richard
Bill
Many
In addition to advocating for smart policies that best serve our heroes, it is also my role as a Member of Congress to advocate for our veterans when working with federal agencies.
Elise Stefanik
Best
Smart
Veterans
Heroes
Congress
Addition
Our
Member
Federal
Also
Policies
Advocate
Advocating
Role
Agencies
Working
Serve
What few realize is the unique role the North Country of New York played in advancing women's rights in the United States.
Elise Stefanik
Rights
Women
Country
Few
States
Advancing
New
North
Role
York
New York
Realize
Unique
United
United States
Played
I really know right from wrong and apply that to my life. At home, I was the oldest of three. My role was to be the responsible one.
Elisha Cuthbert
Life
Home
Three
My Life
Responsible
Wrong
Know
Role
Really
Oldest
Right
Apply
I think that's what I really love about acting; all of the social and moral codes of society can be thrown away when you're acting, and it's just you being totally committed to the role.
Eliza Scanlen
Love
You
Think
Society
Moral
Totally
About
Thrown
Role
Committed
Just
Being
Social
Really
Acting
Codes
Away
I'm a good role model. I have an amazing marriage, and it will be long lasting. I think I'm a good mom. I could run for office, no problem, because there are no skeletons in my closet.
Elizabeth Banks
Good
Mom
Marriage
Problem
Amazing
Will
Long
Think
Lasting
Good Mom
Run
No Problem
Could
Long-Lasting
Because
Model
Role
Office
Role Model
Closet
Skeletons
My father is a huge horse racing fan, so I was introduced to the sport long before 'Seabiscuit.' But the role made me an even bigger fan. Horse racing is one of my favorite sports.
Elizabeth Banks
Me
Sports
Father
Made
Long
Before
Favorite
Introduced
Horse
Horse Racing
Sport
Huge
Role
Fan
Bigger
Racing
Even
I've always been a big Cate Blanchett fan. Such a wonderful role model, the way she carries herself through her profession. She has so much grace to her, and so much intelligence. I've also always been a big Katharine Hepburn fan.
Elizabeth Debicki
Intelligence
Wonderful
Grace
Big
Herself
Way
Carries
Through
Cate Blanchett
Also
She
Always
Been
Model
Role
Role Model
Fan
Much
Profession
Hepburn
Her
I do think the U.S. has a moral and political leadership role to play.
Elizabeth Esty
Leadership
Political
Think
Moral
Leadership Role
Role
Play
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