Quotes About Opportunity

The more I find out about the dynamic and how it works, the more I realize how lucky I am to have ever got anything. Like... there was no need to put me in 'Cinderella Man' - there was no need. Why? Just get an American actor - it would've been cheaper, probably.

We were extremely lucky that someone discovered us as a band and that we got to experience a type of cinderella story.

I am young enough to try my hands at all kinds of cinema.

I came to cinema for money. I had to settle a loan of Rs 10 lakh. I had no other go, so I thought I'd try my luck in films. I was earning Rs 25,000 at that time. It was not even enough for my family.

I actually really love British and European cinema, but you have to go where the work is, and for me, it's in America.

I just try to stay in my little circle. And I don't try to do too much. And when my opportunity comes, I just try to make the most of it.

Football always gives you a chance to set the record straight. Things go full circle and end up the way they should be.

I majored in sports and went to law school and focused in sports law, so I always knew I wanted to do ESPN but thought it would be behind the camera. After doing 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette,' the media circuit, I thought, you know what - I want to talk about it!

With new fast bowlers on the international circuit few and far between, it's always good to see someone new coming through.

A1 Ring is a circuit where no one can test, so all teams are in the same boat.

I just want kids to know that, no matter what your circumstance is and no matter where you're from, you can always make a way. There's always a way out of or a way in to do something - that thing that you want to do.

My one wish for humanity is that everyone can become the person they were meant to be - what are the barriers to that? Often it's crushing poverty or certain circumstances.

We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor.

Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

I've always been open to doing reality again. Just under certain circumstances.

Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.

Growing up, I've always felt I was God's favoured child. Circumstances to help me just happen.

I love cities.

My mother didn't get her citizenship until much later in life.

School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.

I see education in the U.K. as a civil rights struggle.

The civil rights movement was about access to public space. We had to fight for public space.

I don't think anybody can claim success at any part of our lives, private or professional, if there are others that don't enjoy the same opportunities.

It's so hard coming out of drama school to claim your right to be taken seriously and even get auditions.