- 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
- Better Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm interested in running for an office that would allow me the opportunity to work harder and do a better job for the citizens of this state, and I will not rule out any office that gives me that ability.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whether it is access to voting rights, representation in government, or the outsized influence of money in our political system, the opportunity to interact with and participate in democracy is available to some, but blocked for many.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in the rural south, my family didn't look like our neighbors, and we didn't have much. There were times that were tough, but we had each other, and we had the opportunity to do anything, to be anything, as long as we were willing to work for it.
- Will
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because you're part of 'Twilight' does not mean you're a superstar. It means that you're given the opportunity to maybe become one later if you work hard. Once fandom goes away, which it will very soon, it's all about having your priorities straight and working hard.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.
- Gong
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certain formats should never be forgotten, 'Blind Date' for instance, because 'Britain's Got Talent' is really 'New Faces' or 'The Gong Show,' whilst we're basically 'Opportunity Knocks.'
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Change brings opportunity.
- Confident
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the timid, change is frightening; for the comfortable, change is threatening; but for the confident, change is opportunity.
- Having
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- Nov 07, 2020
Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm portraying out characters, I'm portraying femme characters, characters that are really outside of the box. I never thought I would get that opportunity to portray those characters at all, much less have a career that I have.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't get that opportunity everyday to do Le Mans with Porsche, a brand that has so much tradition and history. So I just grabbed the opportunity while it was there.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The last thing we would want is for our fans to feel that we're trying to find the 17th opportunity to sell them the same song.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Find things you're passionate about, and find others who are as passionate as you are and will focus on giving you an opportunity to shine and to have your moment where you can be in front of others to show what you can do.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020