Quotes About Opportunity

Because nobody wanted to play bass, I was instantly in a band.

When I came to NXT I didn't know anything. It's an amazing place to be and no matter how long you are there there's always gonna instill something in you that can ignite you the fire in you and help you to succeed no matter where you're at.

Growing up poor taught me a lot. It instilled in me the ethics of hard work.

When you want something so bad and when something great happens, I think it's instinct that you say, 'This is gonna be the moment that's gonna change everything. Everybody is gonna see me a different way.'

I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.

It is gut instinct that guides me when I say yes to a film.

There's no emotion. I just see the gap and, instinctively, go for it.

When 'Mohenjo Daro' came to me, I decided to go by my gut instincts. If something big comes up, you need to give it that time and effort.

Honestly, in life you should take situations day by day. You never know what comes your way. I just like to go along with my instincts and be a part of the kind of work I like.

After I finished my degree in Mass Communication in Manipal, I enrolled for a cinematography course in Pune Film Institute. That is when Nandini Reddy, the director of 'Ala Modalaindi,' convinced me to act.

After my schooling, I started theatre. By the time I graduated, I was doing theatre 24x7. Luckily, the FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) acting course started.

I returned to Pune in the 90s to do my MBA from the University of Pune as in that period there were not many MBA institutes in the city!

Our belief is that aspirations, meritocracy, and a world class institution are the three ingredients our country needs.

We need a world class institution which will create leaders out of the children who have not had a good start in life.

For the first time in American history, it's not clear whether or not it's smart for a 17-year-old to enroll in college. It absolutely depends on the debt load and the quality of the institution. That is a change from the way things always were and, frankly, the way things always should be. It should always be a good idea to go to college.

The church is an institution of music and of production and performance, and it has to do with taking people to places inside of themselves and giving them an opportunity to sit deep in their own feelings, and to be together and deeply alone at the same time, and to process things.

Broken institutions are an opportunity rather than a time to go home.

India has the opportunity to be a leader in genetic engineering, It has institutions that no other country has.

I look forward to the day when half our homes are run by men and half our companies and institutions are run by women. When that happens, it won't just mean happier women and families; it will mean more successful businesses and better lives for us all.

I got to work for some great administrators at great institutions, and I had an opportunity to coach great players. Iowa is no different.

If you're looking at the people who head the institutions, there are very few African Americans or people of colour. I'm talking about the major theatres that position themselves as serving all audiences. What you find is, by and large, people who are shaping what we see, and the people who are the tastemakers are white.

With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.

Sidney Poitier and Sidney Lumet were instrumental in helping me get started as the first black composer to get name credit for movie scores.

Internships are so instrumental, but not only do you need to get them, you need to work at them.