Quotes About Opportunity

Así era: una habitación en el hotel de la familia Guterman era, para la mayoría de aquellos criollos pretenciosos, la única oportunidad de ver el mundo, el único papel de importancia que podían tener en su minúscula obrita de teatro.

que éste era un país donde un hombre manda la parada por el hecho de venir del norte; que para la mitad de sus huéspedes, pomposos y arribistas, estar en el hotel era de alguna manera estar en el extranjero. Así era: una habitación en el hotel de la familia Guterman era, para la mayoría de aquellos criollos pretenciosos, la única oportunidad de ver el mundo, el único papel de importancia que podían tener en su minúscula obrita de teatro.

no habrá en la historia, monseñor, naciones más necesitadas de una segunda oportunidad para ser lo que no fueron, que estas que hablan y hablarán tu lengua" Terra Nostra

sometimes you make choices in life weither there good or bad just make the best of it

Que para eso nos manda el universo las señales, para que hagamos con ellas lo que nos convenga.

A menudo en la vida, cuando mejor crees que van las cosas, es cuando más cerca estás de pifiarla a lo grande. Una cagada épica y espantosa que antes de cometerla te parecerá una magnífica idea.

Es el perpetuo, empequeñecedor coro de quienes han decidido lo que soy antes de darme la oportunidad de ser otra cosa.

ideal de los villeros no es el de cultivar el comunitarismo, ni formar una microsociedad, ni preservar su "identidad cultural", sino salir de allí lo más pronto posible; incluso las familias de villeros más organizados y con mejor situación envían a sus hijos a escuelas lejos de las villas y los que tienen un trabajo dan un domicilio falso.

what I call the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Marshall's resolve to use sociological studies in the schools cases was rooted in his life experience—as the son of a bright man who never got an education and never became more than a waiter. Marshall saw the same trap still catching many young black people. They were defeated at a young age by limits they accepted about their talents and their right to an education.

So you're saying that you wouldn't have

I've come to realize that life is what you make it.

Love is the hardest thing to grasp. You have to seize it at once, else it may be too late.

Justice is open to everyone in the same way as the Ritz Hotel.

It's never too late to step off a path and look for a different route.

Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.

If we wait until life is in order before making our decision, we'll never make any

You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.

You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.

I explained to her how the international corporations and banks that came to my school refused to interview women for jobs because women, they said, could not be in business. She

Tell me," he said, smiling, "Would you really have danced with the duke?" She relaxed, the danger past. "Yes. But he was my second choice. You, sir, didn't seem to have much interest in me." "Ah. There you are very wrong." His smile faltered, and then he began to lean forward, as if he would kiss her again. But the door opened, and a loud group of young men pushed into the courtyard, filling the garden with glimmering light and sound as they laughed amongst themselves.

Are you running away?" "No, not today.

Das Leben ist ein Angebot, das man auch ablehnen kann.

Pray to catch the bus, then run as fast as you can.