Opportunity Quotes - Page 31

• But, it only takes one success to erase all the failures. When an opportunity presents itself, the only true failure takes place if one doesn't try at all. My wings weren't ready to fly this time, but, next time, you'll see. They all will see.

  Stephen Reid

  Wings, Trying, Next

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• ..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

  Andy Stanley

  Unique, Two, Giving

  Andy Stanley (2015). “Fields of Gold”, p.53, NavPress

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• The more opportunities people have to experience television on different platforms, the more television they consume overall. So there actually has been a benefit, but the ratings have gone down. But we've seen kind of the horizontal benefit of this. And it remains a great, great promotion engine.

  Anne Sweeney

  People, Different, Gone

  "Neil Smit and Anne Sweeney on TV's future". Interview with Stephanie Mehta, fortune.com. July 17, 2012.

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• When people take greater ownership of their own health care and are encouraged to do that in a health plan, their health gets better. They pursue more wellness opportunities.

  Mike Pence

  People, Get Better, Care

  "Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Michigan's ban on race-based college admissions; Gov. Pence talks gun control, Ukraine, political future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 27, 2014.

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• I made a joke with my sister... I said, "I don't know what's more nerve-wracking, job insecurity or job security." There's opportunities and things you compromise with both. When I had endless freedom of schedule, or when I commit to a movie for two months, then I could manage my music and go on the road.

  Juliette Lewis

  Jobs, Two, Insecurity

  "Juliette Lewis Talks THE FIRM and Future Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 11, 2012.

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• When an American declares bankruptcy, when he hits bottom, he can reinvent himself. There's a story he can tell. We tolerate reinvention. We encourage reinvention. That's what this country has that Europe does not. It's not just a crisis; it's an opportunity.

  Michael Lewis

  Country, Europe, Doe

  "Michael Lewis’ 'Boomerang': 'Money Thrown Out in Hope, Coming Back in Anger'". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 21, 2011.

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• People are now starting to explain the Cold War. Even in the crises at that time the survival of millions of people was at stake. And we (the USA) had to threaten the other super power with retaliation to prevent it from doing something to us. Today we live in a world in which a lot of things are in flux. That creates a lot of fear. But it is also a time of great opportunity. And I would call on today's statesmen to not allow their thinking to be directed by fear.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  War, Thinking, Usa

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Always remember that somebody is praying for the opportunity that you have.

  Adrienne Bailon

  Praying, Remember

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• What I love to tell young kids is ultimately let your dreams evolve around your opportunities. You have to focus on always learning. It's cliche, but the reality of it is that if you take action and try and fail you're gonna learn a lot by the time you try it again, and you'll build a foundation of experience that's gonna be ultimately the rock that allows you to find success or follow your dreams.

  Rob Dyrdek

  Dream, Kids, Reality

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• I'd be foolish not to take some of opportunities that are coming my way. We all know this can go away at any moment.

  Kim Kardashian

  Going Away, Moments, Foolish

  "Kim Kardashian: We Can't Keep Up!". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. January 2, 2011.

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• I'm a strong believer that you have to have an equal opportunity to fail and to try things that are hard. I always tell my students, "Don't just take things that are easy for you. If you're really good at math, don't take just math. Take classes that make you write. If you're a really great writer, but bad at math, take math and make yourself work your way through it."

  Condoleezza Rice

  Strong, Writing, Math

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I don't feel a yearning or a sense of missed opportunities. I don't have many regrets. So that's a nice feeling. To have no regrets and still have enough sense of adventure to take on risk.

  Michael J. Fox

  Regret, Nice, Adventure

  "Happy Birthday, Michael". Interview with Rosemary Ellis, www.goodhousekeeping.com. May 5, 2011.

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• As actors, we have the opportunity to work with many directors. Directors only work with themselves and other actors. They never know what it is like to work with another director. So that relationship that one has with a director is entirely always the king.

  Tom Hardy

  Kings, Directors, Actors

  "Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton Talk WARRIOR, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, GREAT GATSBY and MAD MAX: FURY ROAD". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. September 7, 2011.

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• The sad thing about our society is that women are put in one of two categories. You're either in the beautiful category and you're seen as sexy and beautiful, or some version of that, or you're put into another category... The latter category affords women the opportunity to be smart, funny, independent, mean, strong, intelligent and opinionated. We take them seriously as politicians, if they fit into that latter category. We respect their opinions more and give them higher expectations. That latter category is what allows female actors to be characters.

  Amber Heard

  Beautiful, Sexy, Strong

  "Amber Heard THE RUM DIARY Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 27, 2011.

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• I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans and without that you don't have a career.

  Patrick Dempsey

  Thinking, Careers, Fans

  "Patrick Dempsey for "Made of Honor". Interview with Paul Fischer, www.darkhorizons.com. April 30, 2008.

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• I always enjoyed doing monster books. Monster books gave me the opportunity to draw things out of the ordinary. Monster books were a challenge - what kind of monster would fascinate people?

  Jack Kirby

  Book, People, Challenges

  Interview with Gary Groth, www.tcj.com. February 1990.

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• I used to think the reason I'd like to stop letting fear run my life was that it felt so bad to be afraid, and also that it was pointless - possibly wasted, if the feared thing never did materialize. But now that fear has packed its miserable bags and is running out the door, making slamming noises to call attention to itself, I begin to see how much room fear has occupied. What opportunity opens up!

  Jan Frazier

  Running, Fear, Thinking

  Jan Frazier (2012). “The Freedom of Being: At Ease with What Is”, p.216, Weiser Books

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• A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the same opportunity and not have any stigma attached to them if they choose to pursue their careers.

  Meryl Streep

  Hard Work, Men, Thinking

  Source: egomagazine.ae

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• I just want to help other women achieve as much as they can in society without restraints being imposed on us. It's the most natural and normal thing to want to defend your rights to equal opportunities, equal pay for equal work, and everything that comes with that.

  Amy Poehler

  Helping Others, Rights, Equal Pay

  Source: egomagazine.ae

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• I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and been fortunate to survive a lot of situations that many other weren't so lucky to make it.

  Bob Hoover

  Thinking, Skills, Lucky

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• We can carry the burden of hurt throughout our lives. We can make the hurt that we have experienced the defining aspect of our stories of ourselves. That means that somebody else gets to say who we are, somebody else gets to decide how we feel, and somebody else gets to decide how we see the world. Forgiveness not only frees us from the burden of someone else's opinion of us, but it allows us the opportunity to really write a story of ourselves that we can love, enjoy, relish, and live into.

  Desmond Tutu

  Hurt, Mean, Writing

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Apr 19, 2014

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• Showing weakness will encourage your opponents. It inspires them. It encourages them to hit harder. To come faster. But when you don't show any fear, or when you don't show any hurt, you have the opportunity to discourage your opponent. You discourage your enemies. The bottom line is, if you think properly, you don't even have to think about all of that. All you have to think about is that guy across from me is human, and so am I. And he'll never out-work me. He'll never out-think me. And if you can't out-work me, and you can't out-think me, you'll never beat me.

  Jim Brown

  Hurt, Thinking, Guy

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• I want to be remembered as a great friend, an outstanding father, an amazing husband, and a good soul who always strived to serve God and man. And during that time of service on earth, I would like people to think, "He brought joy, love, opportunity, and fulfillment to millions of people."

  Tony Robbins

  Husband, Father, Men

  Interview with Dr. Joe Blaes, www.dentaleconomics.com. February 1, 2000.

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• I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor is such a rarity on earth. It's like making a living as a painter. So I look at different opportunities in the same way as Jack Nicholson, who said once, "Keep popping up in different holes. That's what you want to do: Just keep popping up in different holes." That made a lot of sense to me.

  Steve Guttenberg

  Believe, Way, Different

  "Steve Guttenberg on Police Academy, Party Down, and turning down Sharknado". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 25, 2015.

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• I just stay healthy all year round. I try to feel good in my skin. For me, I have trained in ballet my whole life so my body really feels best when I feel strong and tight and toned, and I think that comes from years and years of constant training as a ballerina. Leading up to the show, getting out there in your underwear, you just want to feel your best mainly in your head than more anything else. Obviously you want to feel good physically too, so it's more just in your head, pushing yourself, approaching this challenge and taking the opportunity to push yourself a little further.

  Angelina Jolie

  Strong, Thinking, Years

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