I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
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ANDREW BENINTENDI My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted. WALKER PERCY I'm one of these people who doesn't say that objectivity is not within our reach. I think if... LIZ TROTTA If you begin to think you're something you're not, you're looking in the wrong mirror. GENE CERNAN The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, ... CAM NEWTON I think I have a habit of, in my head, taking notes on whatever, you know, whether they're verba... ROZ CHAST When you're the opener, you're the guy getting the crowd warmed up. But when you're the ... SCOTTY MCCREERY It's one thing if you live in London and you're rooting for Chelsea or you're in New Yor... JOHN MCENROE Once you get into a feature, whether it's a sequel or an original one, you have to start all ove... DAN SCANLON Sketching in general - anywhere, not just in Gitmo, but in life, in the world - is a profoundly disr... MOLLY CRABAPPLE With chefs, the problem is we have to be very confident because people are looking at us for that. S... MICHAEL MINA In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that... AARON RODGERS When you're successful, there will be friends, people, VIPs rallying around you. When you're... SURESH RAINA Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation ... CHRIS PINE Whether you're a Twitter follower, a YouTube subscriber or a Facebook friend, natural social ins... FELICIA DAY All I'm saying is that, you know, whether we're worth a billion, whether we're worth a m... JON HUNTSMAN, SR. Sometimes you're a little too close for comfort, and I think anybody can relate to that, whether... LEIGHTON MEESTER Good companies are always fundraising. Whether you're meeting people or considering firms, you... KEVIN SYSTROM Our job is to represent the truth of human nature, whether you're playing a tender love story th... TOM HIDDLESTON Acting is so exciting to me. It's a thrill; otherwise I wouldn't do it. Not to be hokey, but... ELIZABETH MITCHELL A great restaurant is one that just makes you feel like you're not sure whether you went out or ... DANNY MEYER If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are descr... JAMES BALDWIN I'm persuaded that sports is the one place where the rules are pretty well set out, where fans a... DAVID STERN I think everyone expects if you're in the lead, or if you're a favourite to win, you will wi... JASON DAY And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When you're 11 or 12 years old, you can get so swept up in a book that you start to believe that... WES ANDERSON I probably made a few pictures I shouldn't have done, but I have four sons and I have to pay the... MICHAEL MADSEN If you're running an engineering or finance company, all companies depend on ideas and ingenuity... KEN ROBINSON In the Bible, ordination - I don't see that in the Scripture. In the Bible, it's whether you... ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ You love the game, but it's hard to do the things you do when you're feeling like you're... CALVIN JOHNSON Makeup is something that a female has to reckon with every single day. Whether you wear it or don... ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of e... TA-NEHISI COATES The music speaks for itself. You either like it or you don't, or you're somewhere in between... BUN E. CARLOS Whether you're on a diet, or you're looking for a go-to one bowl dinner recipe, salads shoul... MARCUS SAMUELSSON Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some peopl... MICHAEL PALIN If you're CEO of a company, you have to be a public person. You're speaking to the press, yo... FABRICE GRINDA I think it's very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising tea... CHARLIE HADEN When you are honest in your comedy, you have to acknowledge the world that you're in. Through a ... TREVOR NOAH I don't care whether you're driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you're headed for a cliff, yo... BARACK OBAMA Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do i... TOM SIZEMORE If you do this, you're going to have some heartaches from it. You're going to have people ye... FRANK PERDUE I'm ambitious. I do think you have a tendency to be less happy sometimes when you're a seeke... 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BEN STILLER You're playing or you're not playing. If you're playing, so just shut up and play. MARAT SAFIN Definitely in the West, we're all cast as the same now. Whether you're Indian, Pakistani, Ar... MAZ JOBRANI Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed... WILBUR SMITH Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big tro... SIMON COWELL You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, wh... M.I.A. Comedy is such a vulnerable thing. With drama, you're not trying to make someone cry. If you do,... HARLEY QUINN SMITH In a VR setting, you tilt your head up, and you really have the vertigo and the sense that it goes u... RAMEZ NAAM Anything you're interested in the world - whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figu... JACK DORSEY But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - o... DAMIEN HIRST I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the ti... ELLE FANNING I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that a... JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE At the end of a marathon, it's going to hurt whether you're speeding up or slowing down. You... SUMMER SANDERS I think people should do whatever they want to do. That's the point. Why should you care what ot... FRANCESCA ANNIS In a leadership role in Iraq and in running my own business, what I've learned is if you don'... BRAD WENSTRUP Whether you're a quarterback and you just threw a pick, or you're a corner and you just got ... STEVE MARIUCCI Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's... NATALIE GOLDBERG I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether y... 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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me.... TALIB KWELI Woman are complex creatures. TALIB KWELI Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is. TALIB KWELI It doesn't get any more underground, conscious or indie than Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, but because... TALIB KWELI If I'm performing with a DJ, it's all on me to draw the energy. I like the camaraderie of a ... TALIB KWELI I think hip hop is a dance music that's rebellious by nature. TALIB KWELI I don't think that early hip hop stood out to be a social critique. A lot of fans of mine think ... TALIB KWELI So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focuse... TALIB KWELI I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you ap... TALIB KWELI Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio,... 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TALIB KWELI Things are fluid in this world, and if you don't remain fluid, you get lost in the sauce. TALIB KWELI I think hip-hop is no more misogynistic than America is as a society. I just think hip-hop is a lot ... TALIB KWELI A lot of these people, these program directors, just like anybody else in the world, even though the... TALIB KWELI The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a goo... TALIB KWELI I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified. TALIB KWELI There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourse... TALIB KWELI You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be har... TALIB KWELI The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music ... TALIB KWELI I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulle... 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