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"He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent."
Karl Kraus
"He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent."
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"I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day."
Mel Gibson
"I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day."
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"The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him."
Lawrence Eagleburger
"The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him."
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"Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities."
Mary Frances Berry
"Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities."
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"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent."
Laurence J. Peter
"Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent."
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"A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment."
Marshall Field
"A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment."
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"Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one."
Mike Krzyzewski
"Once you win a National Championship, how do you do that again? How do you get the passion to do that again? We won it again right away, the next year. A lot of it had to do with the fact that I didn't give myself an opportunity to enjoy the first one."
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"It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country."
Leon Kass
"It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country."
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"Every Canadian who wants to learn should have the opportunity to do so."
Paul Martin
"Every Canadian who wants to learn should have the opportunity to do so."
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"When you have the opportunity, you strike."
Rod Laver
"When you have the opportunity, you strike."
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"We think there's a huge opportunity in smaller vehicles. Smaller vehicles done in an American way."
Freeman Thomas
"We think there's a huge opportunity in smaller vehicles. Smaller vehicles done in an American way."
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"We think the managed security services opportunity is enormous and so we have been an active participant and probably the largest firm in this space outside of an IBM or EDS, which does large outsourcing contracts."
John W. Thompson
"We think the managed security services opportunity is enormous and so we have been an active participant and probably the largest firm in this space outside of an IBM or EDS, which does large outsourcing contracts."
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"I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all."
Rowan Atkinson
"I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all."
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"Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy."
Jay Roach
"Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that's really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy."
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"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat."
Napoleon Hill
"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat."
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"I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it."
Zinedine Zidane
"I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it."
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"So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself."
Florence Nightingale
"So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself."
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"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."
Zora Neale Hurston
"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."
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"Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too. Fish was saying yesterday that he doesn't ever want to play stadiums, or maybe he would once, he said."
Mike Gordon
"Travelling to different countries is a goal. I wouldn't mind playing huge places if we got an opportunity to, but it's nice to play small places too. Fish was saying yesterday that he doesn't ever want to play stadiums, or maybe he would once, he said."
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"Loss is the uninvited door that extends us an unexpected invitation to unimaginable possibilities."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Loss is the uninvited door that extends us an unexpected invitation to unimaginable possibilities."
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"I still don't consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, I'll go onto something else."
Colleen Haskell
"I still don't consider myself as going Hollywood. I did a movie because the opportunity presented itself and it was fun. When everything stops being fun, I'll go onto something else."
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"The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs."
Deborah Cox
"The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs."
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"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now."
Napoleon Hill
"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now."
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"Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills."
Hugh Mackay
"Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills."
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"Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet."
Pierre Trudeau
"Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet."
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"Right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here. Some reporters make judgments, but that is not my style. I present both sides and report what I see with my own eyes."
Peter Arnett
"Right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here. Some reporters make judgments, but that is not my style. I present both sides and report what I see with my own eyes."
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"We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children."
Gordon Smith
"We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children."
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"When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity."
Lorna Luft
"When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity."
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"Getting fired from work is not a death sentence."
Sunday Adelaja
"Getting fired from work is not a death sentence."
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"I think that the opportunity to be a kid another year and not have to not worry about the responsibilities of paying bills, and worry about getting an agent and worry about getting an accountant was important."
Jason Williams
"I think that the opportunity to be a kid another year and not have to not worry about the responsibilities of paying bills, and worry about getting an agent and worry about getting an accountant was important."
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"Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself."
William Ralph Inge
"Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself."
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"When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself."
Edgar Cayce
"When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself."
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"But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?"
Luther Allison
"But I never had that commercial opportunity to be played on the radio, so how could I be popular?"
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"We are in a good position and should not squander the opportunity to o the right thing."
Dennis Moore
"We are in a good position and should not squander the opportunity to o the right thing."
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"Opportunity will always meet you exactly where you stand."
Bryant McGill
"Opportunity will always meet you exactly where you stand."
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"The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself."
Martin Bashir
"The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself."
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"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
Publilius Syrus
"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
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"I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler."
Norman Jewison
"I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler."
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"Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity."
Joe Biden
"Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity."
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"Don't get me wrong, some of the mis-informed articles I have read over the last few weeks have been incredibly frustrating, but for my part I fully appreciate the opportunity I have been given and want to grasp it firmly."
Adam Rickitt
"Don't get me wrong, some of the mis-informed articles I have read over the last few weeks have been incredibly frustrating, but for my part I fully appreciate the opportunity I have been given and want to grasp it firmly."
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"Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand."
Howard Schultz
"Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand."
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"As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!"
Robert Collier
"As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it!"
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"Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity."
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"The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself."
Carter G. Woodson
"The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself."
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"This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community."
William P. Leahy
"This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community."
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"Mobile entertainment is a huge opportunity. We are committed to mobile just as much as we are to PCs."
Rob Glaser
"Mobile entertainment is a huge opportunity. We are committed to mobile just as much as we are to PCs."
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"I like the opportunity to make films."
Antoine Fuqua
"I like the opportunity to make films."
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"Don't waste time waiting for opportunity to surface, it may never happen that way. Spend time to create one and many more will unfold in series!"
Israelmore Ayivor
"Don't waste time waiting for opportunity to surface, it may never happen that way. Spend time to create one and many more will unfold in series!"
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"People who are serving in villages should think- here is my opportunity to do something transformative during my tenure & serve my village."
Narendra Modi
"People who are serving in villages should think- here is my opportunity to do something transformative during my tenure & serve my village."
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"Everything is possible, isn't it? The world soon teaches one that!"
Agatha Christie
"Everything is possible, isn't it? The world soon teaches one that!"
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