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Not knowing when the dawn will comeI open every door.

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Emily DickinsonThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire cr...

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Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner r...

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If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is no...

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is no...

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is no...

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

If a man looks sharply and attentively he shall see fortune for though she be blind yet she is no...

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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and a...

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The universe is full of doors.

Don't sit with your back to any doors.

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can suc...

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In great affairs we ought to apply ourselves less to creating chances than to profiting from those t...

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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into th...

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Before I ever knew what the word Entrepeneur was, I realized in America and in the Western part of ...

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Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

There's a funny thing about fame. The truth is you run as fast as you can towards it because it's ev...

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The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity.

One of the first and foremost duties of the teacher is not to give his students the impression that ...

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George PólyaHow to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

Humor is a powerful tool, and some of these politicians are so far out and easy to lampoon. They jus...

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We have to remember that Putin was a member of the KGB. He has already demonstrated that kind of mac...

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Barack Obama hopes his famous health care victory will mark him as a transformative president. Histo...

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I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that...

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The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospita...

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I've had a very interesting career. I get to do amazing things and work with amazing people and trav...

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Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed ...

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Ha-Joon Chang23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

When one door closes another opens. But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed do...

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I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a demo...

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Monopolists who fear competition and who distrust democracy because it stands for equal opportunity ...

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A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, ...

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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.

Awake! arise! the hour is late! Angels are knocking at thy door!They are in haste and cannot wait, A...

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Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilig...

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Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooli...

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Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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

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When two men are together, one of them may see some opportunity which the other has not caught sight...

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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

No institute of science and technology can guarantee discoveries or inventions, and we cannot plan o...

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The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who ...

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Our goals for this nation must be nothing less than to double the size of our economy and bring pros...

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Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips...

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Stuff doesn't matter - boats, cars, fancy things don't matter. What matters, what will matter to me,...

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My whole life has been basically trying to find intelligent students or, you know, highly motivated ...

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It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years wo...

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A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportu...

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Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

My grandfather says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volum...

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Moving right alongIn search of good timesAnd good news,With good friends you can't lose.This could b...

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Jim HensonIt's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

I bought new strings of colored lights. This served as a profession of faith in the future. I take t...

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Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard...

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The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use...

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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of...

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John BurroughsStudies in Nature and Literature

Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. Belie...

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The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; th...

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When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and ...

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I'm a big believer in pairing classics with contemporary literature, so students have the opportunit...

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Master of human destinies am I.Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait,Cities and fields I walk...

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John James IngallsA Collection of the Writings of John James Ingalls; Essays

First: each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive liberty compatible with similar l...

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There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - ...

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There is no better gift a society can give children than the opportunity to grow up safe and free - ...

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When opportunity comes, it’s too late to prepare.

I look upon ourselves as partners in all of this, and that each of us contributes and does what he c...

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The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

One only dies once, and if one does not die well, a good opportunity is lost and will not present it...

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I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but th...

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Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it...

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If you are playing on a turning wicket, toss plays an important role. The team that wins the toss ge...

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First and foremost, I'm a feminist. And basically that stems from a strong belief that all people an...

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All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only ...

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When we create hope and opportunity in the lives of others, we allow love, decency and promise to tr...

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I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begi...

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Failure is an opportunity.If you blame someone else,there is no end to the blame.Therefore the Maste...

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Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

I took some time off after 'Titanic' because I needed to let the dust settle and recharge my battery...

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The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and sco...

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To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes the...

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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luc...

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

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Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerne...

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Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true ...

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I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... thei...

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But,instead of what our imagination makes us suppose and which we worthless try to discover,life giv...

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Learning how to interact with customers is something that anyone starting any business must master. ...

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They made it to the middle class, my dad working as a bartender and my mother as a cashier and a mai...

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What is the conservative movement? It's pretty straightforward. We believe that the way prosperity i...

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Nothing is so often irretrievably missed as a daily opportunity.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone...

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

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Mark TwainThe Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain