#opportunities

I beg you to exercise wisdom and restraint and remember that not all opportunities are created equal. Some are nothing but steps leading down toward catastrophe. ↗

— Sherry Thomas

#sherry-thomas #tempting-the-bride #equality

[Mo] sapeva che a Caterina, Cecilia e Maria, quando avessero messo piede su Deneb, nessuno avrebbe chiesto di compilare un modulo sbarrando la F. e non la M. per relegarle di conseguenza in uno scompartimento di seconda categoria. ↗

— Bianca Pitzorno

#empowerment #equality #gender #independence #opportunities

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it. ↗

— Bill Nye

#find #laugh #more #opportunities #out

It's a mistake to assume that Islamists always come from the slums. Indeed, many come from affluent families but for some reason just couldn't manage to integrate into Western society, even though they had good opportunities for advancement. ↗

— Otto Schily

#affluent #always #assume #come #even

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#current #debate #deprive #desperately #educational

I'm not sure anybody's ready to see me in a drama. And loving movies so much, I've seen a lot of comics try to make that transition too fast, and it can be detrimental. And I don't think I've had as much success as I need in the comedy genre to open up those opportunities. ↗

— Seann William Scott

#comedy #comics #detrimental #drama #fast

You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#great #only #opportunities #you

I always wanted to be a dentist from the time I was in high school, and I was accepted to dental school in the spring of 1972. I was planning to go, but after the Olympics there were other opportunities. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#after #always #dental #dentist #go

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#begins #cause #confidence #creates #downward

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#desire #intense #intense desire #only #opportunities