#opportunities

Why then seek to complete in a few decades what took the other nations of the world thousands of years? Why, in your hurry to subdue and utilize nature, squander her splendid gifts? You have opportunities such as mankind has never had before, and may never have again. ↗

— James Bryce

#nation-building #nature #opportunities #time #nature

I always thought I could do a good job coaching, but the opportunities have not presented themselves. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#coaching #could #good #good job #i

None can less afford to delay than the aged sinner. Now is the time. Now or never. You have, as it were, one foot already in the grave. Your opportunities will soon be over. Strive, then, I entreat you, to enter in at the strait gate. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#aged #already #delay #enter #entreat

You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#business #created #cube #done #get

I can't think of any more important issue. If we get this right, we'll not only preserve our landscape for future generations we'll be able to generate I think more investment and more job opportunities in the inland and we sure as hell need those jobs. ↗

— John Anderson

#any #future #future generations #generate #generations

I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far. ↗

— Shiri Appleby

#far #gave #growing #growing up #had

Head Start's ability to improve the educational skills and opportunities of Latino children will be an important component of America's future success. ↗

— Joe Baca

#america #children #component #educational #future

Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine. ↗

— John Baldacci

#education #environment #excellent #how #maine

I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#available #basketball #become #been #coached

It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of '98. Before that, I was basically unknown. Then, bang! The starting gun fired, and everybody just started running. It was learn-on-the-job. And there were more opportunities for work than I had time to do them. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#basically #before #december #everybody #fired