- Crisis
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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
- Nov 07, 2020
When I have the opportunity to work, I organize a whole party - like what you perhaps saw at the Grammys.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Someone who's passed through the circumstances that I have has to make the decision either to be a good person or a bad person, and I decide to become better at every opportunity.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
I decided that I was going to leave State House, and I was going also to step up and step aside so that I give President Peter Mutharika an opportunity to run the country without my interference.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like we need to create more roles that give LGBTQ people the opportunity to be on screen.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I tell people this story, they always end up laughing, and I chuckle about it at my own expense. I was a big fan of American football; I played in high school, and I ended up earning the opportunity to play in college.
- Exhaust
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think everyone has dreams, and it's just how you go about pursuing that. And I think anybody can do anything that they set their mind to. So if you set your mind to do something, and you exhaust every opportunity, I think you're going to get there.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
TV, particularly network television, gives you a much greater opportunity to tell a long-form story, to develop a character and keep it detailed. Film, by its nature, is more finite.
- Long Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been an actor for a very long time, and I've had the opportunity to do theater a couple of times.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've forgotten how to remember, and just as importantly, we've forgotten how to pay attention. So, instead of using your smartphone to jot down crucial notes, or Googling an elusive fact, use every opportunity to practice your memory skills. Memory is a muscle, to be exercised and improved.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your job, as a head coach and general manager, is to listen and not bypass any opportunity to help your team improve.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to pretend to be 50. I just want to be happy and enjoy the experiences I have and take advantage of every opportunity I've been given.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
First Round has an opportunity: to create an entirely new kind of online publication, built for technology entrepreneurs, where they can learn how to build better companies.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When 'The People's Court' came along, I had an opportunity to really teach people about law. It was very important to me.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I definitely would embrace that opportunity to be the No. 1 overall pick, obviously that every quarterback would love to be that. It's no different for me.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been given an amazing opportunity and I could not be more grateful. But I also know that all this will eventually die off. It's not real. It will go away and then you'll go away and then, I don't know, I'll be left sitting in some English hotel room.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you don't have equality of opportunity because you don't have equal access to education, it just seems so outrageous. It weakens our economy and leads to more inequality.
- Favorite Part
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- Nov 07, 2020