Public action should seek to expand the set of opportunities of those who have the least voice and fewest resources and capabilities.
Interpersonal tensions can provide opportunities that transform an early childhood curriculum from pre-primary preparedness to sites of political practice.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.
It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults.
So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions.
Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways.
Jean-Baptiste Say may have coined the term 'entrepreneur' but he totally missed the opportunity to put it on a t-shirt and sell it.
I have actually directed over thirty plays and about one hundred commercials for cable TV, but have not yet had the opportunity to direct a feature film.
If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.
I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.
Don't just dream of success; create a plan and act upon it! Your momentum creates the door upon which opportunity knocks.
Your purpose on earth is to participate in this human experience and to seize the opportunity within each day to reveal the greatest version of yourself.
I started a lecture series that was inspired by my reporting on race in America. The 'Black in America' series launched on CNN in 2007 as an opportunity to freshen the national conversation on race.
Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.
Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.
I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.
I'm very aware we are the first generation ever to have such incredible opportunities to express ourselves publicly to a worldwide audience.
My dream as an actor growing up was always to challenge myself to different genres, different roles, and it's actually rare that an actor's given that opportunity to do that.
