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Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
Ambrose Bierce / Journalist
War
Admiral
Army
Talking
Thinking
Figurehead
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Why does it get assumed that Zidane is a figurehead and everything Real achieve is down to the talent of the squad?
Jamie Carragher / Footballer
Squad
Assumed
Figurehead
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Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.
Pam Bondi / Florida Attorney General
Attorney
Worried
Attorney General
Figurehead
Troubled
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I'm not a figurehead for anything. I was a single mom with two kids. What else was I going to do? It was either be in a band or be a waitress.
Chrissie Hynde / Musician
Band
Single Mom
Waitress
Figurehead
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Very important, the President must be seen not as a figurehead but as somebody the people can look to for support for some of the issues, national problems and so on.
Tan Cheng Bock /
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The Doors were successful. It was Jim Morrison as the centre and the figure and the spokesman, the figurehead, but we were all into the same thing. That's why we were a band.
Ray Manzarek / Musician
Band
Centre
Doors
Successful
Figure
Figurehead
Jim
Same Thing
Spokesman
The Doors
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So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!
David Prowse / Bodybuilder
Opportunity
Government
Give Me
Safety
Shooting
Agreed
Campaign
Figurehead
George
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And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.
Shaquille O'neal / Basketball Player
Jobs
Famous
Basketball
Basketball Player
Player
Right Way
Everybody Else
Figurehead
Gets
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There's so much showmanship and gamesmanship involved in politics, it's really not a stretch to imagine an actor getting involved in being a figurehead for a political party. But for myself personally, I just don't think I could do that.
Adrian Pasdar / Actor
Showmanship
Figurehead
Political Party
Stretch
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While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack Warner wasn't on TV. Walt was the boss, but he had a real public profile and he used it to his advantage. And he became a household face.
Leonard Maltin / Film Critic
Advantage
Boss
Done
Profile
Real
Walt
Figurehead
Jack
Nobody Else
Occasionally
Warner
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Eponymous brands aren't that popular with analysts and investors now. You can only take an eponymous brand with a living figurehead so far, they argue. What happens when they grow old and die? What happens when they misbehave and go seriously off-brand?
Peter York / Author
Analysts
Arguing
Brands
Grows
Investors
Analyst
Figurehead
Misbehave
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The big lesson of Reagan is: To think that he was some sort of simple figurehead and didn't do the thinking and simply read a script in front of him woefully underestimates him. Ronald Reagan was an extremely intelligent person with a real V8 engine under his hood.
Eugene Jarecki / Author
Hood
Intelligent
Intelligent Person
Real
Simple
Engine
Figurehead
Lesson
Reagan
Script
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I would never stay under circumstances where I felt I was a figurehead and might look good in your team media guide. I don't want to be that. I do want to contribute, and if I don't contribute, I'll walk away from it. If I don't feel welcomed, I'll walk away from it.
Jerry West / Basketball Player
Circumstances
Good Walk Your
Good Walk Look
Contribute
Figurehead
Guide
Welcomed
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