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Opportunity Quotes
"I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it."
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"It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together."
55
"My visit to the United States has also given me the opportunity to emphasize the objective of establishing close and intensive links between the Turkish and American peoples, scholars and businessmen."
55
"The first thing is to be patient, which is probably the hardest thing to do. Don't worry if blokes are whacking you out of the park because you still have the opportunity to get him out next ball, even if it's not the same ball."
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"Never surrender opportunity for security."
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"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."
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"Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council."
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"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
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"I wish I knew what was next. I got this movie without planning to. I'm really excited to be continuing in film because it's a great job but I have my portfolio and resume for any other opportunity."
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"There is far more opportunity than there is ability."
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"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy."
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"For me, I'm just trying to be the best at what I do. I'll wave an Asian American flag if I get that opportunity. I'm not hiding or trying to discredit my background or anything, I just haven't had the opportunity."
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"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone."
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"With engineering, I view this year's failure as next year's opportunity to try it again. Failures are not something to be avoided. You want to have them happen as quickly as you can so you can make progress rapidly."
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"When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity."
15
"If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade."
15
"I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful."
15
"The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses."
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"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."
15
"That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity."
14
"May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right."
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"So I'm still doing my best to stay in shape and hope that opportunity will come back to me."
13
"Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty."
13
"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."
13
"I want to give as many Canadians the opportunity to be successful and if we can use their athletic gifts to get them a free degree or a free diploma across the border then I guess I'm doing my job."
13
"I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to."
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"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity."
12
"I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas."
12
"Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth."
12
"The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire."
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"We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do."
11
"Ability is of little account without opportunity."
11
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
11
"If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it."
11
"It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV."
11
"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity."
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"I feel real ownership in this show. I feel very invested in it. I care very much about it. I don't feel any more like a hired hand, you know? It's a strange feeling - I feel personally responsible for how the story goes. What happens. What the weaknesses are. And so in a way, some of the changes gave me an opportunity to have a voice in a different way."
11
"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."
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"As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!"
11
"The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996."
11
"To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions."
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"Sometimes you need to go through many small doors, to get to that big door of opportunity."
11
"Everyone has their own calling, but not everyone is looking for the phone, or either they missed the call, or just not answered it."
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"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength."
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"The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor."
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"Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces."
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