- Chord
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opportunity Quotes
Words on access, equity, and potential.
These opportunity quotes come largely from people working to expand educational access, describing the gap between talent sent toward finance or law and talent sent toward underserved communities. One entry questions why a country built on equal opportunity still lets birthplace determine outcomes. Related reflections continue in our Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity constraints, I would choose to educate my daughters.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the great thing about being an actor: getting the opportunity to do something that really speaks to you.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead Intel. We have amazing assets, tremendous talent, and an unmatched legacy of innovation and execution. I look forward to working with our leadership team and employees worldwide to continue our proud legacy while moving even faster into ultra-mobility to lead Intel into the next era.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Dartmouth College, graduated, and had the opportunity to play two professional sports - I played for the New England Patriots in the NFL and professional lacrosse for the Boston Blazers. I had an injury, so I had to stop so I could heal. But when I was playing football, I wasn't making a lot of money; I wasn't a superstar.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's not enough opportunity, and I feel like you can't control where you're born or where you're brought up.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I joined 'WhatsApp,' I was 38 years old. Opportunity is available to us in all walks of life and at all ages.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
At Coinbase, our mission is to create an open financial system for the world. We believe that open protocols for money will create more innovation, economic freedom, and equality of opportunity in the world, just like the Internet did for publishing information.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
Football was a dream, an opportunity once taken from me - something I thought I'd never be able to do again.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it's a good thing for society.
- Remember
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember: when you knock on the door of Opportunity, it is Work who answers!
- Nov 07, 2020