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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
- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the Wednesday evening - that is, the day I saw her Majesty on this particular point - I had the opportunity of conferring with all those whom I proposed to submit to her Majesty as Ministers.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
My training as an engineer has enabled me to design the stuff, but the reason I do it is not to make music but for the opportunity to work with musicians.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
What inspires me is not so much the music as the opportunity to interact with composers. I think that has driven everything I've done.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
While I believe in second chances and giving players an opportunity for redemption, I also believe that playing in the NFL is a privilege, not a right.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great opportunity to be an F1 driver but, on the other hand, I have a great opportunity to become a rally driver with a very good programme.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In December 2005 I had a very good opportunity to test Renault's world championship-winning car at Barcelona, and after 30 laps I was setting really good times, so I know what it's like to drive a really good car.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.
- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States is still an enormous generator of innovation, from which other nations have long benefitted. But we now also have the opportunity to benefit from innovation taking place around the world.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the most rewarding aspects of my research has been the opportunity to study the potential applications of a new catalyst.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020