Quotes About Opportunity

When I've least expected it, an enormous opportunity or stroke of luck has crossed right under my nose. So I tell everybody, if you're passionate about what you do and you love it, do it. But do your homework. Because you'll never know when the opportunity is going to happen.

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

I consider it a stroke of luck that I got to work with one of my favourite directors, Mani Ratnam.

Remember one thing about ESPN: People can be critical of them sometimes for being a large corporation but nine years ago I had a stroke and I couldn't talk. That's the way I made my living. ESPN could've dumped me very easy, but they didn't. They helped me and presented me an opportunity to get back on the air.

I made a very good living as a bad writer. I wrote a lot of comedies, 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' while all my friends were doing the good shows, like 'Cheers,' but I loved it because I got to be a working writer in Hollywood.

Some people see acting as a kind of stroll on the beach, and some people see it as a kind of skydive. And I've had lots of strolls on the beach in my life, so I'd like to do a skydive.

I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.

To fulfill the promise of economic opportunity, we must remain true to the principle that collective bargaining is a cornerstone of a free society and indispensable to a strong middle class.

There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty.

A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.

I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.

I was never desperate to work in Bollywood though I aspired to do a movie across the border but only if I was offered a strong character and a main lead.

I was getting offers when I was in Bollywood, but was waiting for a strong character.

After 'Mr. Majnu,' I can now choose to do movies that have a strong character.

No, I am not looking at being a part of television in India, but I may consider movies, if I get to play a strong character.

Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.

I really see Compton as a place with a lot of opportunity. It has a rich history, a strong community that has a strong sense of pride.

The big thing in Ghana is a strong sense that if you failed in your education that was it. There was no system... to give you support later on, there really wasn't much of a second chance so there was a big emphasis in... this is your life chance and you have got to take it.

As a contemporary Indian woman who has been handling so many things, I think she can be a very strong woman, a very strong working woman. We need more and more working women in our country.

I come from a strong woman who believed - and my father believed - that anything a man could do, a woman could do better.

The media had built my perception of being a strong woman because of my personal life. I wanted to play the damsel in distress, but I wasn't given an opportunity to explore that kind of a character.

I think that we're in a really amazing time, where there are really a lot of really fantastic female actresses and comedians. I imagine there's just a lot of opportunity for women to have powerful roles. Or it's just that there's more women writing TV. Women tend to maybe write strong women.

I have always received roles of strong women from the beginning.

Everything you can learn from is an opportunity to become stronger.