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"I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom."
Lance Ito
"I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom."
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"We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government by India as soon as hostilities are over. I repeat that that is beyond doubt."
Stafford Cripps
"We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government by India as soon as hostilities are over. I repeat that that is beyond doubt."
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"Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful even if it was just vicariously."
Joan Allen
"Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful even if it was just vicariously."
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"Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite."
Bobby Orr
"Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite."
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"Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films."
Douglas Sirk
"Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films."
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"Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that."
Erykah Badu
"Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that."
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"Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there."
Johnny Kelly
"Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there."
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"It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college."
James S. Coleman
"It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college."
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"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."
Samuel Goldwyn
"I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on."
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"This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King."
Wynton Marsalis
"This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King."
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"Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out."
Joan Collins
"Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out."
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"Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor."
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor."
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"The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal."
David Geffen
"The opportunity for an entrepreneur to start a company from scratch today is abysmal."
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"Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies."
Ben Stiller
"Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies."
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"I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity."
Trevor Nunn
"I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity."
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"An opportunity leading to your blessing can totally change your life."
Sunday Adelaja
"An opportunity leading to your blessing can totally change your life."
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"You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle."
Buffalo Bill
"You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle."
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"I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world."
Mordecai Richler
"I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world."
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"The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas."
Paula Abdul
"The cool part of being an entertainer is getting the opportunity to get your feet wet in all areas."
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"Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace."
Richard Grasso
"Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace."
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"I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children."
David Soul
"I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children."
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"To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill."
Joe Baca
"To help U.S. workers, farmers and businesses, and America's long-term economic security, Congress should take decisive action to bring about fair trade with China, instead of squandering this opportunity on a weak Republican bill."
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"I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe."
Al Lewis
"I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe."
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"I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it."
George Stoneman
"I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it."
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"So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop."
Buddy Rich
"So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a four piece band, that's... an opportunity to develop."
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"We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America."
Howard Schultz
"We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America."
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"And as far as the Disney Concert hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here."
Nobuo Uematsu
"And as far as the Disney Concert hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here."
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"I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me."
Michael J. Fox
"I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me."
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"While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me."
Jane D. Hull
"While I have some regrets that this is my last opportunity to deliver a State of the State address, I appreciate and am humbled by the opportunities this great state has given me."
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"In the best of all possible worlds, February 14 is a pleasant and sentimental opportunity to lavish your partner with attention or move your relationship to the next level."
Pepper Schwartz
"In the best of all possible worlds, February 14 is a pleasant and sentimental opportunity to lavish your partner with attention or move your relationship to the next level."
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"The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states."
Christian Lous Lange
"The growth of means of transport has created a world market and an opportunity for division of labor embracing all the developed and most of the undeveloped states."
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"The real advantage for me is that I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday."
John Tesh
"The real advantage for me is that I have the opportunity to lead worship every Sunday."
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"It was just crazy opportunity to see that whole world and the competitions that we had in the film, like Long Beach, it was just crazy and so much fun. I felt like I lived all those moments in the movie."
John Robinson
"It was just crazy opportunity to see that whole world and the competitions that we had in the film, like Long Beach, it was just crazy and so much fun. I felt like I lived all those moments in the movie."
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"No, one of the great things about my three-year deal is that it's year-round. They've offered me an opportunity to cover a lot of things in the offseason, too."
Lisa Guerrero
"No, one of the great things about my three-year deal is that it's year-round. They've offered me an opportunity to cover a lot of things in the offseason, too."
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"If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?"
Maynard Jackson
"If you don't like affirmative action, what is your plan to guarantee a level playing field of opportunity?"
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"One has to be foolish or irredeemably stupid to believe that anything good can come to Europe from the land of presumed opportunity."
Julius Streicher
"One has to be foolish or irredeemably stupid to believe that anything good can come to Europe from the land of presumed opportunity."
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"A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public."
Franklin Knight Lane
"A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public."
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"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat."
Ronald Reagan
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat."
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"There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see."
Edward Fitzgerald
"There was the Door to which I found no key; There was the Veil through which I might see."
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"By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation."
Christopher Dodd
"By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation."
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"To improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life."
Samuel Johnson
"To improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life."
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"My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World."
Daniel Nathans
"My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish immigrants seeking freedom and opportunity in the New World."
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"The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response."
Margaret Chan
"The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response."
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"Adversity is opportunity inside out."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"Adversity is opportunity inside out."
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"The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not."
Anna Quindlen
"The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the last 20 years. Doors opened; opportunities evolved. Law, institutions, corporations moved forward. But many minds did not."
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"One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read."
Nathalie Sarraute
"One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read."
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"There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in."
Neil Abercrombie
"There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in."
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"Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you."
Doug Coupland
"Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you."
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"Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully."
Debbie Allen
"Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully."
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"I also couldn't pass up the opportunity to be in the same movie as Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close."
Lukas Haas
"I also couldn't pass up the opportunity to be in the same movie as Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close."
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