- Great
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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.
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- Grabbed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had always said I will like to play for Milan at some stage in my career, so when the opportunity came up, I grabbed it with both hands.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm changing lineups obviously to give everybody their best opportunity to show what they can do. Just giving everybody their fair chance to assess that properly.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the past. And I just want a fair opportunity, a fair chance, a fair shot to play basketball.
- Excelled
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- Nov 07, 2020
A student who has excelled in the classroom should have the opportunity to attend college and become a productive, taxpaying member of society.
- Belief
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents immigrated to the United States with $10 in their pocket and a belief that the America they had heard about really did exist as the land of opportunity.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's one of the problems with Hollywood. It'll say 'policeman,' and an unless it says 'black policeman,' a lot of times you won't even get the opportunity to read for it, which is kind of crazy, but that's the way it is.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Beyonce and Jay-Z had been born and raised in Cuba, they would have merely survived, with no opportunity to realize their aspirations. Only in a land that treasures liberty and the pursuit of happiness can such dreams become a reality.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really believe in regrets. I think everything happens as it should, and everything is an opportunity to learn.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been looking for a Broadway opportunity ever since I stopped doing theater.
- Economic Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020