For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to ‚mince about‘ was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of!

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

Most of us believe, or should believe, that every child can learn, given the opportunity, but try substitute teaching just once and you will see firsthand the socioeconomic issues that distract our kids from taking advantage of that opportunity.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn’t matter how good you are.

People who have been hardworking, tax paying, those people ought to be given an opportunity to be on a track that leads towards citizenship, and if that happened, then they wouldn’t be prey to the employers who say, ‚We want you because we know that you work for a salary we could not lawfully pay anyone else.‘

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.

This healthy eating stuff, it’s here to stay, and we now have everything we need to seize the opportunity and give all our kids the healthy futures they so richly deserve.

The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?

Inside of every problem lies an opportunity.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.

There’s a reason why the Foo Fighters don’t blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that’s hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn’t really come up, or it just hasn’t felt right.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there’s not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I’m grateful for it.

Our constitution is a ray of hope: H for harmony, O for Opportunity, P for people’s participation and E for equality.

Partnering with Atlantic Records creates the opportunity to take what we’re doing to the next level, without compromising.

When written in Chinese, the word ‚crisis‘ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They’re doing great things for European MMA, and they’re giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They’re vital. I’m forever grateful for the opportunities I got.

Public education is our greatest pathway to opportunity in America. So we need to invest in and strengthen our public universities today, and for generations to come.

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

I was a good football player, and I had a chance to play with some great players.

What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal – that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn’t want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

My celebrity status allows me an opportunity, allows me a pulpit to preach and reach out to the people. Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Every wall is a door.

No book includes the entire world. It’s limited. And so it doesn’t seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that. There’s so much other material to write about.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.

I’ve been fortunate. I don’t pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Arafat’s departure has created an awesome opportunity.

The fact is: It’s true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.

If a great opportunity opens itself up, I would love to be involved… or star in a movie.

Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.

The highly functional infrastructure that surrounds us, particularly in the West, is a gift from our ancestors: the comparatively uncorrupt political and economic systems, the technology, the wealth, the lifespan, the freedom, the luxury, and the opportunity.

To be admitted to Nature’s hearth costs nothing. None is excluded, but excludes himself. You have only to push aside the curtain.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.

My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, ‚You’re finished. The shoe’s finished.‘

The American dream belongs to all of us.

God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.

Apple has given me a platform to spread music. They’re giving us Latinos a chance to shine.

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

I work very hard, but when God opens that door for you – when life opens that door for you, I should say – I think it’s important to be giving, to return the love back.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.