People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.
Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.
When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.
'The Girlfriend Experience' was definitely the break-out. When it came out, I started getting other opportunities.
We have the largest economy and the strongest military in the world. Our core values of freedom and opportunity are ascendant around the globe.
We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves.
Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.
We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help.
The Wellcome Foundation offered me the chance to establish a small academic research unit, modestly funded, but with total independence. The real opportunity, however, came from King's College, London.
I think my story says that, when women are given the chance and the opportunity, that we can achieve a lot. We deliver.
The very first thing on the docket is to have the opportunity to travel to look at spiders in other parts of the world. I know there are really cool silks out there.
When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.
Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong.
I don't know about everyone else, but I really loved lunch and recess because it was an opportunity to get carried away with your imagination.
We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.
Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.
Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.
Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.
We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.
I think one of the unique aspects of Catholic school education is the opportunity to care for the material and intellectual needs of the child in a community atmosphere.
