“The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an experience in conservation education for the young people of the country; they can enrich our literary and artistic consciousness; they can help create social values; contribute to our civic consciousness; remind us of our debt to the land of our fathers.” PeopleCountryHelpingYoungValuesFatherOpportunitySocialConsciousnessRolesLandMajorsDebtArtisticParksServingProvidingConservationOur FatherCivicsRecreationSocial ValuesSuperlativesOutdoor Recreation Author:Stewart Udall
“I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write stories for some of my other classes. So for my course in Scandinavian history, I asked if I could write historical fiction instead of term papers. Sometimes they’d say yes.” IfsWritingLooksSometimesStoriesCoursesOpportunityTermFictionClassCreativePaperMajorsHistoricalJournalismIf I CouldHistorical FictionPapersCreative WritingScandinaviansTerm Paper Author:George R. R. Martin
“It was the beginning of film for television. So we had all of these great opportunities. Northwestern was probably the only major film school of its kind at the time that was graduating anybody important.” KindImportantSchoolFilmOpportunityTelevisionMajorsGraduatesGreat OpportunityFilm SchoolNorthwestern Author:Richard Donner
“I've likened it to another major corporate announcement for Alliance. Not only does Prudential bring capital into the Alliance program, but through the relationship we will be able to build with them. We may have some opportunities to do some future development with them in an extension of this partnership.” MayDoeAbleOpportunityDevelopmentMajorsProgramCorporatePartnershipExtensionsAlliancesAnnouncementsFuture Development Author:Mike Berry
“We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an event of this caliber in the skating world. It's definitely important to the area because we hear all the time that there are not enough major sporting events in South Jersey. It's a great opportunity to have such an event.” WorldFirstsHas BeensImportantEnoughOpportunityEventsMajorsFirst TimeAreasSouthExcitedJerseySkatingNew JerseyGreat OpportunitySkaterCaliberSporting EventsRosters Author:Susan Ward
“I am firmly opposed to the government entering into any business the major purpose of which is competition with our citizens... for the Federal Government deliberately to go out to build up and expand... a power and manufacturing business is to break down the initiative and enterprise of the American people; it is the destruction of equality of opportunity amongst our people, it is the negation of the ideals upon which our civilization has been based.” PeopleHas BeensGovernmentPurposeOpportunityBreakCitizensCivilizationMajorsIdealsDestructionCompetitionEnterpriseInitiativeFederal GovernmentEnteringBreaking DownManufacturingNegationEquality Of Opportunity Book:March 4, 1929, to October 1, 1931 Source: March 4, 1929, to October 1, 1931
“I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues.” OpportunityGivenMajorsExcitedNervousLeagueMajor League Author:Bengie Molina
“Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries.” PoliticalSufferingOpportunityMajorsDiscoveryProfoundPhysicsMoodParticlesSpectacularParticle Physics Author:Leon M. Lederman
“Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When they win the division, when they win the SEC, win a major bowl game, etc. The opportunities to do it all for the first time here make it extra special.” WantFirstsOpportunityGamesWinningSportsSpecialFootballMajorsFirst TimeSouthCoachesExtrasEtcDivisionBowlsCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Steve Spurrier
“Where America has got to move is not growth for the sake of growth, but it`s got to move to a society that provides a high quality of life for all of our people. In other words, if people have health care as a right, as do the people of every other major country, then there's less worry about growth. If people have educational opportunity and their kids can go to college and they have child care, then there's less worry about growth for the sake of growth.” PeopleIfsChildrenCountryCareKidsAmericaMovingOpportunityGrowthQualityWorryCollegeMajorsSakeEducationalHealth CareQuality Of LifeHigh QualityChild Care Author:Bernie Sanders
“When people are facing a severe illness or a major surgery, that may be one of the most significant opportunities for spiritual transformation that they will encounter.” PeopleMaySpiritualOpportunityMajorsTransformationIllnessSignificantEncountersSurgerySevereSpiritual Transformation Author:Allan Hamilton
“A few major opportunities, clearly recognizable as such, will usually come to one who continuously searches and waits, with a curious mind, loving diagnosis involving multiple variables. And then all that is required is a willingness to bet heavily when the odds are extremely favorable, using resources available as a result of prudence and patience in the past.” MindPastOpportunityWaitingResultsMajorsResourcesInvestingAvailableCuriousWillingnessOddsMultiplePrudenceInvolvingDiagnosisVariablesUsing Resources Author:Charlie Munger
“They think America is like a major league in entertainment. For me personally being here for the past year-and-a-half, I know some of the arguments and discrepancies African American actors have with the opportunities here.” ThinkingKnowsYearsAmericaPastActorsOpportunityHalfMajorsArgumentEntertainmentAfrican AmericanLeagueMajor LeagueDiscrepancies Author:Aml Ameen
“I feel like now I have an amazing wife, a super smart child and the opportunity to create in two major fields. Before I had those outlets, my ego was all I had.” FeelsChildrenTwoOpportunityWifeFieldsEgoMajorsSmartOutletsSuper Smart Author:Kanye West
“The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.” ShouldOpportunityMajorsConstantSatisfactionPermitPetty Book:FAMILY AFFAIR Source: FAMILY AFFAIR
“When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.” MatterOpportunityTeamPositionHonorMajorsOrganizationPrivilegeManagersLeagueMajor LeagueDodgers Author:Tommy Lasorda
“When you jump on a city bus or roam the streets off the major thoroughfares you'll quickly learn that we have as many differences as similarities. And therein lie the greatest opportunities for innovation - our different ways of viewing the world and coming up with solutions!” WorldWayDifferentLyingOpportunityDifferencesCitiesStreetsMajorsSolutionsInnovationDifferent WaysBusSimilarityCity Bus Author:David Livermore
“The nature of the state is one thing, but there are other major challenges - what it will take to tackle the issues of social corruption, for example, social justice, and the economic system - and what are the future challenges when it comes to equality between the citizens, in particular in the field of the job market and equal opportunity for men and for women? This is at the centre of the question that is the Arab Awakening.” MenStatesJobsOpportunitySocialChallengesJusticeIssuesOne ThingEconomicExampleFieldsParticularCitizensEqualMajorsSocial JusticeCorruptionAwakeningCentreEconomic SystemsEqual Opportunity Author:Tariq Ramadan
“We wanted to see how access to care can be expanded and service quality can be improved when one uses a participatory approach to program development. We showed that major changes become possible if you work in a participatory manner, listen to local people, diagnose what the problems are, provide training and identify where there are opportunities for mobilizing local resources to take action. In time leaders from other municipalities expressed interest in replication and the project succeeded in expanding innovations to three other areas.” PeopleIfsUseProblemCareActionWantedThreeOpportunityInterestQualityLeaderDevelopmentProjectsApproachMajorsTrainingResourcesAreasProgramInnovationAccessLocalsExpandingMunicipalityMajor ChangeQuality ServiceReplication Author:Ruth Simmons
“I think that's a major reason. Instead of turning in their own lives to philosophy, religion, love, family life, or nature, they think of psychiatry; and today that means the "pill" as an ultimate answer. Also, if you have a desire for social control, "benevolent" control and "benevolent" authority, then again biological psychiatry offers a tremendous opportunity.” IfsThinkingMeanReasonPhilosophyTodayDesireOpportunitySocialAnswersOffersAuthorityMajorsUltimatePillsFamily LifePsychiatryFamily LoveBenevolentSocial Control Author:Peter Breggin
“Major changes become possible if you work in a participatory manner, listen to local people, diagnose what the problems are, provide training and identify where there are opportunities for mobilizing local resources to take action.” PeopleIfsProblemActionOpportunityMajorsTrainingResourcesLocalsMajor Change Author:Ruth Simmons
“The global financial crisis is a great opportunity to showcase and propagate both causal and moral institutional analysis. The crisis shows major flaws in the way the US financial system is regulated and, more importantly, in our political system, which is essentially a bazaar of legalized bribery where financial institutions can buy themselves the governmental regulations they want, along with the regulators who routinely receive lucrative jobs in the industry whose oversight had formerly been their responsibility, the so-called revolving-door practice.” WayWantShowsJobsPoliticalOpportunityResponsibilityMoralPracticeDoorsIndustryMajorsCrisisInstitutionsFinancialAnalysisFlawsRegulationPolitical SystemsGreat OpportunityFinancial CrisisOversightBriberyRevolvingRegulatorsFinancial SystemShowcaseFinancial InstitutionsRevolving DoorsBazaars Author:Thomas Pogge
“Five years after Boston 1967, I went to the Munich Olympics. I realized that major sponsorship could help me create the opportunity. I wrote a big proposal to Avon cosmetics on how creating a global series of women's races could lead to getting women in the Olympic marathon. People thought I was smoking poppy at the time. The longest event in the Olympic Games was 800m.” PeopleYearsHelpingBigsOpportunityGamesRaceFiveEventsCreatingMajorsSeriesI RealizedFive YearsSmokingHelp MeOlympicsBostonMarathonProposalCosmeticsOlympic GamesPoppiesMunichSponsorshipAvon Author:Kathrine Switzer
“Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.” OpportunityGoalAchieveBuildingCreatingMajorsEuropeEndureBrandsStrategic Author:Howard Schultz
“The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed: the major record labels let Apple take over the digital-music business; Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for a mere fifty million dollars; Excite turned down the chance to acquire Google for less than a million dollars.” OpportunityChanceMillionsRecordsInternetMajorsDollarsSeriesMereLabelsApplesAcquireFiftyDigitalGoogleMillion DollarsMusic BusinessTurned DownRecord LabelsNetflixBlockbusterDigital Music Author:James Surowiecki