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Bin Laden's role in the war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s had made him a hero around the Middle East.
Peter Bergen
War
Hero
Made
East
Had
Him
Occupation
Around
Role
Soviet
Afghanistan
Middle
Middle East
Against
Bin
She said, and I'm not kidding, 'Is this a speaking role?' I wasn't quite sure how to answer that one.
Peter Bergman
Kidding
She
Sure
Answer
Said
How
Role
Quite
Speaking
The end of the studio system signalled the end of the great screen stars. They were the sort of actors who brought their own charismatic personas to each role they played. Audiences felt as if they knew them immediately every time they watched one of their movies.
Peter Bogdanovich
Time
Great
Own
Stars
Every
Every Time
Immediately
System
Charismatic
Brought
Studio
Knew
Studio System
Sort
Felt
Audiences
Were
End
Role
Screen
Movies
Them
Who
Each
Actor
Played
Watched
Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and died as a result.
Peter Coyote
People
Result
Uncle
Young
Worst
Habits
Been
Model
Role
Duplicated
Role Model
Died
Young People
Should
Whom
I'm always glad to be offered roles, but wouldn't take any role as this could do you more harm than good, but I've been at what they call 'on the top' as far as being known for twenty years.
Peter Cushing
Good
You
Top
More
Could
Glad
Take
Call
Known
Always
Been
Years
Offered
Than
Role
Roles
Any
Being
As Far As
Far
Twenty
Harm
A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
Peter De Vries
Mother
Car
Once
Deliver
Forever
Role
Children
After
Suburban
When I was young, I was looking for people to look up to - role models I could respect.
Peter Falk
Respect
People
Looking
Young
Could
Look
Up
Role
Role Models
Models
No matter what the role, you're trying to do the impossible - make a living in show business.
Peter Gallagher
You
Business
Impossible
Matter
Living
Make
Role
Trying
Show
Show Business
Without doubt, the Queen's personal acceptance of her role as a loyal E.U. servant was one of the great symbolic moments of our history. A bit like Magna Carta, but backwards.
Peter Hitchens
Great
History
Acceptance
Queen
Backwards
Doubt
Our
Bit
Magna
Like
Without
Role
Personal
Loyal
Moments
Servant
Her
Symbolic
The independent role of morphology in mate choice is revealed by the rare instances where the usual association between song and morphology is disrupted.
Peter R. Grant
Song
Rare
Independent
Between
Revealed
Mate
Role
Where
Choice
Usual
Disrupted
Association
When diamonds' role in fuelling violent conflict in Africa gained worldwide attention, the diamond industry established the Kimberley process in order to keep "blood diamonds" out of international trade.
Peter Singer
Conflict
Diamond
Worldwide
Out
Attention
Industry
Trade
Diamonds
Blood
Role
Africa
Established
Order
Process
Gained
International
Keep
International Trade
Violent
I see myself in public service in Zimbabwe. I would prefer an advisory role - cabinet secretary, minister of trade or the arts, or something like that. I don't want to be just a writer.
Petina Gappah
Service
Myself
Secretary
Minister
Would
See
Something
Writer
Cabinet
Like
Trade
Advisory
Role
Just
Arts
Want
Public
Prefer
Public Service
Zimbabwe
As it happened, I had a friend who was a good person who liked to present himself as a dreadful one. Using him as a role model, I created the first Buck Godot strip.
Phil Foglio
Good
Good Person
First
Strip
Dreadful
Buck
Had
Liked
Him
Himself
Friend
Model
Role
Person
Role Model
Happened
Created
Who
Using
Present
It's a professional military. You sign up and agree to allow your countrymen to use your life as they see fit for the next four years. And I think we all should have a greater role in ensuring that we use those lives wisely.
Phil Klay
Life
You
Military
Think
Those
Ensuring
Sign
See
Allow
Wisely
Countrymen
Greater
Years
Fit
Up
Role
Next
Should
Use
Your
Professional
Agree
Lives
Four
We want to say to everyone: New Jersey's a place where gender does not play a role in how much you get paid.
Phil Murphy
You
Gender
Everyone
Say
New
Does
How
How Much
Role
Get
Where
Want
Place
Much
Paid
Jersey
Play
There's a role for the Mac as far as our eye can see. A role in conjunction with smartphones and tablets that allows you to make the choice of what you want to use. Our view is, the Mac keeps going forever, because the differences it brings are really valuable.
Phil Schiller
You
Valuable
Differences
Our
Mac
Eye
See
Tablets
Make
Because
Forever
Role
Going
Want
As Far As
Far
Really
Choice
View
Use
Conjunction
Keeps
Brings
My father was a television director, and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry, but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front.
Philip Glenister
Director
Father
Thought
Television
Had
Knew
Industry
Always
Opposed
Camera
Role
Front
Behind
Wanted
Everyone has a different interpretation of characters we know and love from Shakespeare, from 'Miller'. There's specific things about them that are written that are kind of the fingerprints of the first person who played that role, and so I like to think of it as a road map.
Phillipa Soo
Love
First
Interpretation
Think
Everyone
Characters
Kind
About
Fingerprints
Shakespeare
Written
Road
Road Map
Like
Know
First-Person
Role
Person
Different
Them
Who
Map
Specific
Miller
Things
Played
I relate to that idea of not necessarily seeking out 'interesting female roles,' but 'this character, this role, who happens to be a woman, is interesting to me, and I relate to it in some way, so I'm just gonna go with my gut and see where it leads me.'
Phillipa Soo
Character
Me
Woman
Relate
Way
Out
See
Some
Seeking
Gut
Idea
Leads
Female
Go
Role
Roles
Just
Where
Happens
Interesting
Gonna
Who
Necessarily
I'd my own insecurities while portraying the role of James Bond.
Pierce Brosnan
Own
Insecurities
My Own
Role
James
James Bond
While
Bond
Portraying
I will forever be a Bond. It's a small group of men who've made this role. Someone said, More men have walked on the moon than have played James Bond.'
Pierce Brosnan
Will
Moon
Made
Men
Group
Someone
More
Small
Small Group
Said
Walked
Forever
Than
Role
James
James Bond
Played
Bond
I always keep thinking, 'The next role - that's going to be the one that's really going to define me and show them all. I'll transform and disappear, and it will be a revelation.'
Pierce Brosnan
Me
Will
Thinking
Define
Disappear
Always
Revelation
Role
Going
Transform
Them
Really
Next
Show
Keep
I went and met with Tim Burton for the role of Batman. But I just couldn't really take it seriously; any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously.
Pierce Brosnan
Man
Seriously
Met
Pants
Batman
Wears
Take
Outside
Taken
Tim
Tim Burton
His
Role
Any
Just
Cannot
Really
Who
When preparing a role, I work first on the body language and physical aspects of the performance; the psychological dimension comes naturally once I'm in character.
Pierre Niney
Work
Character
Language
First
Once
Dimension
Physical
Performance
Role
Psychological
Body
Aspects
Body Language
Naturally
Preparing
Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession.
Pierre Pettigrew
Strong
Complete
Strong Supporter
Constructive
Supporter
Look
Always
Been
Canada
Role
China
Forward
Helping
Playing
I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.'
Pilou Asbaek
Think
Says
Am
Model
Role
Person
Role Model
Who
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