But in my life, the vast majority of people that have really afforded me the opportunity to succeed were white folks.
I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
You have to give others the opportunity to love who you love. If they don't accept it, it's their loss.
I love school, but when I was going to school, I sort of used it as an opportunity to figure out what I love to do.
If I was madly in love with someone who offered the opportunity to spend our lives together, I would love to have a child or adopt a child.
I would love to do more movies, but the reality is women have many more opportunities on television to play a greater variety of characters.
In every endeavor, you owe it to yourself to always push until the door of opportunity of opens.
Never settle in any circle that is not fully committed to forever walk in the direction of endless opportunities and possibilities.
Opportunities to climb to greater heights will surely come. But the question is, are you ready to seize them when they do?
Be so good with your craft to the point that you would no longer have to beg for opportunities.
You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.
I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.
Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them.
I pass on any opportunity I see that I can't add value on.
I almost feel more anxious lately about, 'Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.'
Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.
We are the prisoners of conformity. To get out of this prison, education is the only door and only opportunity.
Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.
If you are given only one opportunity to speak, be certain your voice is heard.
Your trials and difficulties are a golden opportunity to illustrate your faith in God.
We have a unique opportunity as Disney because it really is the only true global entertainment brand.
