3,788 Quotes About Opportunity

  • Author Alexis Bledel
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    Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with.

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  • Author Ambrose Bierce
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    A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.

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  • Author Ambrose Bierce
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    PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To wrest the wealth of A from B and leave C lamenting a vanishing opportunity.

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  • Author Amelia Barr
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    There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.

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  • Author Ambrose Bierce
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    ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

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  • Author Angela Bassett
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    I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.

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  • Author Annette Bening
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    Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?

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