#opportunity

To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#america #american #american life #been #consisted

I'm really happy with Elektra, I don't have anything bad to say about them at all. I always knew a major label was the right place for me to be. I never really had an opportunity to go to an independent label anyway. ↗

— Jon Crosby

#always #anything #anyway #bad #elektra

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#actor #anything #being #choose #had

Every week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only 20 minutes. It's like a haiku or something. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#audience #better #every #figure #how

There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want. ↗

— Hugh Dancy

#actor #after #been #career #choose

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#depends #development #human #human society #individual

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#everyone #means #opportunity #slave

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that? ↗

— Omar Epps

#because #believe #door #going #i

To have that opportunity to direct under my belt was fantastic, so I'm glad I did it. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#did #direct #fantastic #glad #i

The time has come to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' It is the right thing to do. Every American should have the opportunity to serve their country, regardless of race, sex, creed, or sexual orientation. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#ask #come #country #creed #every