“When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of reader sympathies get really interesting.” KnowsDoeOpportunityInterestingDevelopmentReaderSuspensePlotShiftingGet RealReally InterestingNarrators Author:Sara Zarr
“Both rich and poor nations have a common stake in policies that put the globe on a sustainable development path. The conflict is less between poor and rich countries than between the broad interests of people and the narrow interests of extractive industries. We need to find our way towards some kind of global regime that reduces emissions of the greenhouse gases, but well-off nations need to transfer the technology to make this possible, rather than viewing this shift as one more opportunity for private industry to profit.” PeopleWayNeedsWellsKindCountryOpportunityNationsInterestPoorCommonTechnologyPathRichPolicyDevelopmentIndustryConflictProfitGlobal WarmingBroadsStakesRegimesGlobesTransfersRich And PoorEmissionsSustainable DevelopmentGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesRich CountriesPoor Nations Author:Robert Kuttner
“As one of the nation's top agricultural states, Nebraska has a great opportunity to provide input that will help shape the 2007 Farm Bill, .. This legislation will help determine commodity price supports, priorities with regard to conservation programs, as well as rural development, renewable energy and beginning farmer initiatives for several years to come.” YearsWellsStatesHelpingOpportunityEnergyNationsSupportDevelopmentShapesProgramRegardBillsDeterminePrioritiesFarmsFarmersInitiativeAgricultureCommodityConservationLegislationInputRenewable EnergyGreat OpportunityNebraskaCommodity Prices Author:Dave Heineman
“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
“Business is one of the most powerful institutions on Earth for creating wealth and opportunity and helping to lift people out of poverty. When you think about it that way, then business is not separate from development policy.” PeopleThinkingWayHelpingEarthOpportunityWealthPowerfulPovertyPolicyDevelopmentCreatingInstitutionsLiftsMost PowerfulCreating Wealth Author:Peter Blair Henry
“Imagine discovering a continent so vast that it may have no end to its dimensions. Imagine a new world with more resources than all our future greed might exhaust, more opportunities than there will ever be entrepreneurs enough to exploit, and a peculiar kind of real estate that expands with development. Imagine a place where trespassers leave no footprints, where goods can be stolen infinite number of times and yet remain in the possession of their original owners, where business you never heard of can own the history of your personal affairs.” WorldKindMayRealEndsEnoughMightOpportunityNumbersImagineHeardDevelopmentResourcesInfiniteOriginalsEntrepreneurGreedAffairPossessionDimensionsOwnersGoodsOur FuturePeculiarNew WorldDiscoveringContinentsEstatesStolenExploitsFootprint Author:John Perry Barlow
“In this country, there is an opportunity for the development of man's intellectual, cultural, and spiritual potentialities that has never existed before in the history of our species. I mean not simply an opportunity for greatness for a few, but an opportunity for greatness for the many.” MenMeanCountryAmericaSpiritualOpportunityGreatnessDevelopmentIntellectualSpecies Author:Edwin Land
“We are firmly convinced that private capital, Chinese as well as foreign, must be given liberal opportunities for broad development in postwar China; for China needs industrial growth.” NeedsWellsOpportunityGivenGrowthDevelopmentChinaConvincedChineseBroads Author:Mao Zedong
“Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me, and once I sort of became, I guess what you'd say "available," there was a lot of opportunity out there, and it's been nice; a lot of people have found it in their hearts to offer me movie parts.” PeopleHeartFoundOpportunityNiceDoorsDevelopmentOffersAvailableArrested Author:Will Arnett
“I believe that the 21st century economy is an economy of people, not of factories. The intellectual factor has become increasingly important in the economy, which is why we are planning to focus on providing additional opportunities for people to realise their potential.” PeopleThinkingOpportunityResponsibilityHistoryPowerEconomyPlansEconomicCenturyHonestyDevelopmentCreatingIntellectualAspectEconomicsDebtSocialismRealisingFactories21st CenturyTaxationEconomic Development Author:Vladimir Putin
“The strongest reason for giving woman all the opportunities of higher education, for the full development of her faculties, forces of mind and body; for giving her the most enlarged freedom of thought and action; a complete emancipation from all forms of bondage, of custom, dependence, superstition; from all the crippling influences of fear - is the solitude and personal responsibility of her own individual life.” GivingMindReasonBodyActionFormOpportunityIndividualForceResponsibilityInfluenceDevelopmentHigherSolitudeFacultyCustomsStrongestSuperstitionsWomens RightsDependenceBondageMind And BodyPersonal ResponsibilityFreedom Of ThoughtEmancipationHigher EducationThoughts And ActionsIndividual Life Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“National festivals should become festivals of development. Republic Day or Independence Day should not be only about unfurling the Tricolour in the state capitals. We have to make them opportunities of Lok Shikshan (Mass Education).” ShouldStatesOpportunityDevelopmentMassEmpowermentIndiaIndependenceRepublicFestivalsIndependence DayRepublic Day Author:Narendra Modi
“Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.” NeedsJobsOpportunityCreationDevelopmentInvestmentLocalsEmpoweringGoodsSmall BusinessPrivate SectorSpursJob Opportunities Author:Robert Zoellick
“Chinas development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.” OpportunityCommunityDevelopmentInternationalChinaJapanAsiaPacificInternational Community Author:Yoshihiko Noda
“Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate.Not the compromising conciliatory politics of humaneness, not the Erasmian, but rather the politics of vested power which firmly exploits every opportunity, politics in the sense of the "Principe," has determined the development of European history ever since.” Has BeensRealityAbleCoursesOpportunityViewsPrinciplesHistoryViolenceDevelopmentEuropeDeterminedCompromiseExploitsGlorifyEuropean History Author:Stefan Zweig
“... work is only part of a man's life; play, family, church, individual and group contacts, educational opportunities, the intelligent exercise of citizenship, all play a part in a well-rounded life. Workers are men and women with potentialities for mental and spiritual development as well as for physical health. We are paying the price today of having too long sidestepped all that this means to the mental, moral, and spiritual health of our nation.” MenWellsMeanLongPlayTodaySpiritualOpportunityIndividualNationsChurchWorkMoralGroupsHe ManDevelopmentExerciseMen And WomenIntelligentWorkersEducationalContactCitizenshipSpiritual DevelopmentPhysical HealthWell RoundedSpiritual Health Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“Until the sky is the limit [for women], as it is for men, men as well as women will suffer, because all society is affected when half of it is denied equal opportunity for full development.” MenWellsSufferingOpportunityHalfSkyDevelopmentLimitsEqualAffectedDeniedEqual OpportunitySky Is The Limit Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“Ninety percent of what most yoga teachers do is teach asana practice. While asana discharges stress and so forth, it was never intended to be a standalone practice. The true intent of yoga is personal transformation. What we get out of the privilege of teaching prisoners is the opportunity to focus on our own personal development. You can be of service, and, while helping others transform their lives, you have the deeper opportunity to transform your own. What we teach in prison is how we live our lives.” HelpingOpportunityTeachPracticeFocusTeacherOur LivesTeachingDevelopmentPercentYogaStressTransformationPrisonPrivilegeDeeperPersonal DevelopmentHelping OthersPrisonerNinetyAsanaDischargePersonal TransformationYoga Teachers Author:James Fox
“Falling prices are driving renewable energy investment in India, which rose 13 per cent last year and is expected to surpass 10 billion dollars in 2015. Adoption of increasingly cost-effective renewables holds the genuine promise of a new age of socio-economic development, powered by clean, increasingly decentralised, and sustainable energy. The opportunity for India is tremendous.” YearsAgeLastsFallOpportunityEnergyEconomicDevelopmentPromiseCostIndiaDollarsRoseCleanInvestmentExpectedBillionsDrivingGenuineCentsLast YearAdoptionNew AgeRenewable EnergyEconomic DevelopmentSustainable Energy Author:Adnan
“The majority of America's colossal fortunes have been made by entering industries in their early stages and developing leadership in them.... Think of what opportunities the present and the future contain in such fields as ship-building and ship-owning, aircraft, electrical development, the oil industry, different branches of the automotive industry, foreign trade, international banking, invention, the chemical industry, moving pictures, color photography, and, one night add, labor leadership.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeDifferentAmericaMovingNightOpportunityStageFieldsBuildingColorDevelopmentIndustryPhotographyLaborTradeMajorityAddFortuneInternationalOilInventionShipsDevelopingBranchesChemicalsEnteringBankingOne NightElectricalAircraftColossalOil IndustryColor PhotographyForeign Trade Author:B. C. Forbes
“If we can find a principle to guide us in the handling of the child between nine and eighteen months, we can see that we need to allow enough opportunity for handling and investigation of objects to further intellectual development and just enough restriction required for family harmony and for the safety of the child.” IfsNeedsChildrenEnoughOpportunityPrinciplesObjectsMonthsDevelopmentIntellectualHarmonySafetyGuidesNineInvestigationRestrictionEighteenIntellectual Development Author:Selma Fraiberg
“For those who believe that ecological disaster will somehow be averted, it must also be clear that, over the next decade or so, sustainable development will constitute one of the biggest opportunities in the history of commerce. And innovation will be the name of the game.” BelieveNextOpportunityGamesNamesClearDevelopmentInnovationEnvironmentalDecadesDisasterSustainabilityCommerceEcologicalSustainable Development Book:Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World Source: Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World
“Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty with the creation of robust middle classes in India and China, which is an enormously positive development for those countries that also creates opportunities for the rest of the world.” PeopleWorldHas BeensCountryOpportunityClassPovertyMillionsMiddleCreationDevelopmentIndiaChinaAround The WorldMiddle ClassRobust Author:Dan Quayle
“A lot of young girls don't realise how diverse the career opportunities are in games development. Many think that you need elite math skills and a vast knowledge of all things tech to work in games, and haven't thought about avenues like design, producing, art, writing or composing.” ThinkingNeedsWritingArtYoungGirlOpportunityGamesCareersHavensDesignDevelopmentSkillsAll ThingsMathRealisingElitesDiverseAvenuesComposingCareer OpportunitiesMath Skills Author:Rhianna Pratchett
“Urbanisation is not a crisis but an opportunity, seeing it as a crisis is wrong. And not just villages, we want everyone to get opportunities wherever they are staying. Aatma gaav ki ho aur suvidha sheher ki ho, this is what we believe.” WantBelieveOpportunitySeeingDevelopmentIndiaCrisisStayingVillage Author:Narendra Modi