#opportunities

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#almost #difficult #hit #home #home run

You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#friendships #into #just #like #luck

Women don't get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don't get to learn race craft. ↗

— Jenson Button

#get #learn #men #opportunities #race

At the British Open, I had my opportunities, but the ball just didn't want to go in the hole on the back nine. ↗

— Fuzzy Zoeller

#ball #british #british open #go #had

The Amazon is not just a set of trees. It is a set of 25 million people. If we don't create real economic opportunities for them, the practical result is to encourage disorganized economic activities that results in the further destruction of the rain forest. ↗

— Roberto Unger

#amazon #create #destruction #disorganized #economic

I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#continue #education #feel #had #i

I became very successful at a young age... I had lots of opportunities and lots of power and had no idea how to focus it. ↗

— Claire Danes

#became #focus #had #how #i

We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#challenges #developing #energy #energy production #foreign

I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#am #career #doing #every #fleeting

I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#bit #busy #chasing #do the right thing #great