- Freshman Class
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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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole joy of writing comes from the opportunity to go over it and make it good, one way or another.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is what made America great: that everyone had the opportunity to be a winner. And I think it's still there. I'm certainly a beneficiary of it.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me that he missed the opportunity of his life.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Trevor Project is committed to providing all young people, regardless of sexual identity, the opportunity to be heard and the encouragement to be themselves.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The scientific study of labor economics provided the opportunity for me to unite theory with evidence my lifetime intellectual passion.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a man marries his mistress it creates a job opportunity.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we look upon fulfilling of assignments as building the kingdom of God and as being an opportunity as well as a privilege and an honor, then assignments and challenges should certainly be given to every member of the quorum.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of our important choices have a time line. If we delay a decision, the opportunity is gone forever. Sometimes our doubts keep us from making a choice that involves change. Thus an opportunity may be missed.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would only once have the opportunity to let my scientific career encompass a path from the double helix to the three billion steps of the human genome.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the tumult.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London.
- Nov 07, 2020
In the NFL, you have to take advantage of every opportunity that you get, and if you don't, you'll usually lose.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people are on 'The Bachelor' it gives them the opportunity to put their best foot forward, especially when you're around the 'Bachelor' or the 'Bachelorette;' that one person who you're vying for attention with.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020