#opportunity

I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different. ↗

— Viola Davis

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It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference. ↗

— Michael Dell

#curiosity #dell #difference #looking #make

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

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Opportunity makes a thief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#opportunity #thief

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#his #make #man #must #oft

On record dates like that I never felt too nervous because everything was really overdubbed. When we did that album, we were in the studio for probably a week, so you had a lot of opportunity to fix things. ↗

— John Abercrombie

#because #dates #did #everything #felt

Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it. ↗

— Julie Andrews

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You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause. ↗

— Russell Baker

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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#afraid #anything #else #hard #hard work