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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Unforgiven' gave me the opportunity to be a complete changeling: the blonde hair, the research that I did at the prison. It changed the perception of me.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was contacted by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, MP, through the Pune Film Institute and offered the post in the NFDC. I accepted it for the sake of Kerala and because it is an opportunity for improving the content of Doordarshan.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say one must just keep working hard and not lose faith. You don't know when destiny is going to come your way, what opportunity comes your way.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was around 16 or 17, I got asked to model, but because I was very 'tomboy' at the time, I wasn't interested. But then I had a bit of teenage rebellion, and I saw modeling as an opportunity to get away from school and parents, so I thought, 'OK, maybe I will be a model.'
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
To make my ODI debut was very special. Yes, I would’ve loved to get an opportunity to bat in that game but the situation demanded a partnership at the time.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always enjoyed playing the shortest form of the game and I relish the opportunity to develop my leadership skills as England's Twenty20 captain.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.
- Caucasian
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was shocked that I even got the opportunity to audition for 'A Wrinkle in Time.' Meg Murry is a Caucasian girl in the book.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's one of the best things about my job. I've had the opportunity to really talk to and meet some really fascinating, weird people.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always advocated using the break between product cycles as an opportunity to reflect and to look ahead, and that applies to me, too.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing that is clearly not maximized by free markets is equality. I am talking not about that pale substitute for equality known as equality of opportunity but about equality itself.
- Fasting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fasting, or intermittent fasting, gives us an opportunity to really get all the best cells all the time and that's what we all want.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020