- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
I always said the whole time all I was waiting for was an opportunity and a chance to get my foot in the door.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so intimidated by the thought of improvising back in the '80s when I was in Chicago. I think the opportunity only even came up once that I can recall, and I turned down the offer. It was to go improvise in some club in the suburbs or something. Good God, I couldn't think of anything more frightening than to get up there without a plan.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real opportunity is to harness the inventive power of the world to locally design and produce solutions to local problems.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress, but I wasn't given an opportunity to explore that kind of a character.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e., companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.
- Brightest
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- Nov 07, 2020
The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want my job to include a little adventure, a little more of a heightened reality than what I'm actually living. And 'Castle' has that. He gets this opportunity to tail these homicide detectives, and he's driven by that. He's a little immature, but he's obviously loving life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd love the opportunity to continue to work in the U.S. with people I have always admired and I also want keep telling stories from where I’m from.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
- World
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you've got an opportunity to improve your squad before a World Cup you must take it.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020