- Devising
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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
I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury, and waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. The desire to jump up immediately - to point out the flaws in logic or the factual distortions - is often overpowering.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
The pace of global warming is accelerating and the scale of the impact is devastating. The time for action is limited - we are approaching a tipping point beyond which the opportunity to reverse the damage of CO2 emissions will disappear.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
London has this culture of the theatre that is so big, it was a like a dream - but I never had a thought to be able to play here because my English was not very good. So being given the opportunity to come work here was like a gift.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember one director in Argentina said to me, 'You are not going to have any opportunity to be a leading lady because of your height.' And I didn't care. I don't have a complex.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even with the beauty stories we put out, we saw there was an opportunity to address issues of representation, identity, self-expression. We created the community that we wanted to have at 'Teen Vogue.' We were willing to lose some to have more.
- Equal Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to issues to joke about.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians, and when I believe that the conditions are right, I will not miss the opportunity.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes?
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020