Quotes About Opportunity

People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.

Verne's all about what you can do versus what you can't do. He just kept saying yes and his part kept growing. I would love to work with him in every movie.

It's much easier to get a reception from someone if there is an introduction versus randomly trying to get in front of people.

The traditional story of economists has been to say education explains what the returns are to school. I say, 'Okay, that's fine, but what explains the education? How much is just a matter of my giving you a poor kid versus a rich kid?'

I have had a small handful of truly blatantly discriminatory experiences for being transgender, but the vast majority are simply the differences between being a man versus being a woman in science and business.

Economists actually disagree about whether there are significant economic returns from attending an elite college versus a less-selective one.

Last year, at the beginning of the year, we couldn't get arrested, so I'll take this. Feast versus famine.

This is what America is about when it comes to understanding that it is equal opportunity versus equal achievement. Each and every one of us has the opportunity for greatness in this country.

I think, so often, people go quick to that nepotism: 'I should be OK; my cousin's a producer. I can get into the movie.' How about audition, earn the part, and feel confident in knowing that the director felt you were the right person for the job versus hiring you because you know somebody?

Imagining what the possibilities are versus what is right in front of me has been the second biggest factor in defining my career.

I'm thrilled to join the talented people at 'The Daily Line' and look forward to being a part of Versus' incredible team.

It just burns my heart that there's such a massive discrepancy in the number of male producers in the industry, versus female producers.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded.

We only have one life, and it is very precious, and there's a lot we can do, and there's a lot we should do.

In the end, I think in F1 it is very hard for a girl.

I am very much looking forward to new adventures - including, I hope, Broadway - sooner rather than later.

I'm never sure one is exactly ready. You jump in, with both feet, into a very big fish pond.

'Ick investing' means taking a special analytical interest in stocks that inspire a first reaction of 'ick.' I tend to become interested in stocks that by their very names or circumstances inspire unwillingness - and an 'ick' accompanied by a wrinkle of the nose on the part of most investors to delve any further.

I feel very privileged to be part of this mission, and when my nomination was announced, I was really very, very happy to be selected for this mission.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

Four months after we released 'I Don't Want to Be Funny Anymore,' the album came out on EggHunt. Three months after that, we officially signed with Matador. That's not a very long time: half a year between the first flood and the final signing.

I am very bullish and I have been bullish on India for a very long time, and I see our own business growing very substantially.

I was in a very lucky position to be able to consider studio films and had decided to not go that route for a very long time until I read a script that I loved called 'Aeon Flux.'