- Community
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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
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only fixed truth is a belief in people: a conviction that if people have the opportunity to act freely and the power to control their own destinies, they'll generally reach the right decisions.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Center Stage' reached people that, as live performers, we would have never had the opportunity to reach.
- Experiencing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.
- Moving
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of moving backward, we should expand opportunity and protections by repealing hateful laws and passing comprehensive LGBT nondiscrimination laws at the local, state, and federal level.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the opportunity to wear something really special and go to a wonderful event at some great cultural institution.
- Getting Dressed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still like getting dressed up and having the opportunity to borrow beautiful dresses, but as a mother - and as somebody who's schedule isn't always my own - I don't shop a lot, or think about clothes a lot.
- Deserve
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- Nov 07, 2020
Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having been a fan of 'Dragons' Den' since it first aired in 2005 I was absolutely delighted and proud to have the opportunity of becoming a Dragon myself.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sewing is getting more mainstream, helped by the BBC show, 'The Great British Sewing Bee,' and we have to look at those types of things to see how we can use it as an opportunity.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've just been learning how to direct my own videos, choreography, doing costumes... every creative opportunity there is with my music I've taken.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the thrills of playing at the top tennis centres of the world is to see the Indian flag go up whenever I'm participating in these events. That's enough motivation for any Indian who has the opportunity to perform at these tournaments.
- Bolster
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- Nov 07, 2020
China and Germany are important geo-economic powers that have been able to bolster their geo-political and even military power, thanks to the opportunity provided by their geo-economic rise.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consciously make an effort to get to know some of the women who may be in the middle of the organization - they're not at senior management levels - and try to figure out whether there's a new opportunity they can take on that enables them to shine and succeed in a way they may not have in the past.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid I'd swing imaginary light sabers around, and now I've had the opportunity to get paid for it.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020