- 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
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me to have the opportunity to learn the darbuka and the tabla in Dubai, it created my own thoughts for music.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people get excited about summer wardrobes and what they will wear on holiday, and people have an opportunity to wear things that they don't normally wear when they're in the city.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
No climate plan can leave workers and communities behind nor trample the rights of Indigenous communities. Canadians must have opportunity and income security during economic transformation.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first took the bench, I was assigned to handle a calendar of criminal cases. It was an enormous docket. I tried in each case to make sure that the litigants not only in fact received, but also felt that they had received, a full and fair opportunity to be heard.
- Great Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
They missed a great opportunity to shut up.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many talented actors in Chicago, I have to go see shows when I'm there. A lot of these actors, who I've seen when I'm in Chicago in theaters, are technically amazing and never have an opportunity to showcase it on a bigger medium.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't believe it! I mean, I'd always dreamed of acting on the screen - my previous background was all theater - but I wasn't sure if the opportunity would ever present itself. Not only was this acting for the screen, this was acting in 'The Hunger Games!' I knew that I had to give this audition my all.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Diversity in the industry is very lacking, and equal opportunity comes very far and few between for people of color.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Free Trade puts consumers at the centre of economic activity. It lowers the cost of imports, which gives people the opportunity to buy more with the same amount of money: domestic producers have to compete with the lowest global costs or invest in new business.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
They're odd beasts, musicals, but what I like about them is the way they allow windows into people's lives. When people sing, you get an opportunity to see a vulnerability, a glimpse of a life in a messed-up head.
- Imagination
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood.
- Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020