Quotes About Opportunity

Going to Edinburgh when I was at university and seeing people who were my age just getting up and doing what they wanted to do, was quite a clincher for me.

Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.

My parents had a small piece of land to earn a living from, but my father always wanted to educate his children.

If you don't educate, you will incarcerate.

I have had wonderful times and educated two children with my husband, and I just consider myself very lucky. I've had a very interesting career - I've been all over the world. I lucked out; I think you can say that: I really lucked out.

I come from an educated family, but we were poor.

Education is everything. It's for everyone. We all need to be educated.

Giving every girl in the world the chance of a healthy, educated, and economically independent life is essential if we are to end poverty around the world.

When women are more educated, the nation progresses.

Do your badges everyone tells me. Yeah, but badges wont get you a job. You could have the most educated coach sitting at home, you still have to be given the opportunity. And I know a lot of people arent getting those opportunities. Which is sad.

The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.

All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.

The impact of poverty on our kids and their learning. That's something I've understood pretty intimately throughout my career as an educator.

I selfishly like a lot of first-time directors because they over-prepare, they're super eager, and there's very little ego.

As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.

I've done 21 films in eight years, and I've said 'No' more times than I've done films.

You either make history or you don't.

We need our HBCUs. The youth need our HBCUs. The elders need our HBCUs.

'Election' - I just loved the script, and I loved having the part.

I was born in India... Gujarat. I am an Indian! And India is a democratic country, anyone can stand for elections. I can also stand for elections.

The beauty of American elections is that anything can happen.

Anything that has a creative element attached to it - I will take it up, similar to my career choices.

Drag Race' is a huge opportunity for us to elevate drag culture, to tell our stories. It really is a career-maker.

I'd known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.