“I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.” DifferentOpportunityPathSawsCollegeBecomingLeavingAcademic Author:Jodie Foster
“Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.” PeopleDifferentMomentsOpportunityDecisionPiecesStyleDesignDirectorsProductionsObsessedVisualsDifferent PeoplesDifferent StylesProduction Design Author:B. J. Novak
“I didn't have a regular school experience and wanted a more abstract way of learning. I started exploring in lots of different creative ways. It gave me the opportunity to travel and play music, so it was good for me.” WayDifferentPlayWantedSchoolOpportunityCreativeAbstractExploringSchool Experience Author:Brie Larson
“Living in an entirely different physical as well as biotic environment, such a population would have unique opportunities to enter new niches and to select novel adaptive pathways.” WellsDifferentOpportunityNovelEnvironmentUniquePopulationSelectPathwaysNicheAdaptiveUnique Opportunities Book:Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist Source: Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist
“Look for when the environment is changing - the big shift now is mobile Internet. It's really happening big-time. The way you interact with services on a smart phone compared to the Web is quite different, so there's a huge opportunity.” WayLooksDifferentBigsOpportunityEnvironmentHugeInternetSmartHappeningsPhonesMobile Author:Niklas Zennstrom
“All states of mind have different views. On the higher plateau, opportunities will open to you because you can see them.” MindDifferentStatesOpportunityViewsHigherKarmaState Of MindDifferent ViewsAll State Author:Frederick Lenz
“What acting does bring that music doesn't bring for me is the opportunity is the opportunity to be completely different in every way from whom you normally are, the person that you are when you wake up in the morning is who you are in your life. But to take that and have the opportunity to be the complete opposite of that, is the excitement of it.” WayPersonsDoeDifferentOpportunityActingMorningOppositesWake UpWho You AreExcitementComplete Opposites Author:Alicia Keys
“The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.” IfsWorldWayLooksDifferentMotherOpportunityWaterNatureChallengesGreaterLandPlanetsPerspectiveShapesMountainResourcesRiversTreatsSacredSpeciesForestsVeinsDeitiesDifferent PerspectiveGroveTimberIrrigation Author:David Suzuki
“We had a chance to see a lot of different styles of play and you had to adapt to the different style each team plays. That?s going to help us come tournament time because the game in the Pac-10 is different from the Big East and we know how to adapt to the different styles. I?m glad I had that opportunity.” KnowsDifferentPlayHelpingBigsOpportunityGamesChanceKnow HowTeamStyleEastGladTournamentsAdaptabilityDifferent StylesPacs Author:Allan Ray
“You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.” DifferentEyeMovingCoursesOpportunitySituationImagineEventsReadyCircumstancesCrisisResponseDefinedAnticipateDifferent Directions Author:David Stern
“Our guests have an insatiable curiosity for up close and personal worldwide adventures - whether one is taking a segment of the World Cruise or the entire voyage. Traveling to different countries aboard the luxurious floating resort that is Crystal Serenity is just one part of their experience. Our guests relish the opportunity to venture beyond the port cities to experience the destinations' culture, wildlife and unique treasures.” WorldDifferentCountryCultureOpportunityCitiesAdventureUniqueCuriosityTreasureJust OneDestinationGuestsSerenityVentureFloatingResortsCrystalsWildlifeVoyagesPortRelishCruiseInsatiableLuxuriousDifferent Countries Author:Bill Smith
“We who are privileged to be in these chambers today can view the challenges we face as opportunities, not as reasons for despair. We can do this only if we blend our independent spirits in terms of reverence for the life and respect for nature. Each of you might suggest different words, but our goal certainly is the same: a better Oregon.” IfsDifferentReasonMightTodayFacesSpiritOpportunityGoalTermCan DoChallengesViewsDespairIndependentReverencePrivilegedChamberOregonChallenges We Face Author:Tom McCall
“I've had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn't work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late '70s, early '80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn't have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them.” IfsDoeDifferentSometimesWantedArtistOpportunityTalkingOffersProjectsLateAlbumsProductionsWork OutAdmireInstance80sTalking Heads Author:Todd Rundgren
“If people want to pigeon hole you then just view it as an opportunity to prove them wrong and show that you are different to what they think you are.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantDifferentShowsOpportunityViewsProveHolesPigeonsProve Them Wrong Author:Gordon Gee
“Relief is a great feeling.It's the emotional and physical reward we receive from our bodies upon alleviation of pain, pressure and struggle. A time to bask in the lack of the negative.And yet, think about it—relief is really the status quo, a negation of the suffering, a nothing in itself. It is the way things were before the pressure and struggle began.So, is it a step back? A regression?Or is it an opportunity to regroup, start over, and move in a different direction?Use your moment of relief well.” ThinkingWayWellsDifferentMomentsUseFeelingsBodyPainMovingSufferingOpportunityStepsStruggleEmotionalNegativePressureRewardsReliefStatus QuoStarting OverYour MomDifferent DirectionsNegationGreat FeelingsRegressionPain Relief Author:Vera Nazarian
“I think title sequences are an opportunity to sort of set the stage or to get people thinking in different terms than maybe whatever they understand the movie to be going in.” PeopleThinkingDifferentOpportunityTermStageTitlesSequence Author:David Fincher
“I never really had a real career trajectory idea. I just like a lot of different kind of movies, I wanna make a lot of different kind of movies, and to some degree you follow opportunity and to the other degree you have to create your own opportunity.” KindIdeasDifferentRealOpportunityCareersDegreesDifferent KindsTrajectory Author:David Gordon Green
“Presumed consent preserves freedom of choice, but it is different from explicit consent because it shifts the default rule. Under this policy, all citizens would be presumed to be consenting donors, but they would have the opportunity to register their unwillingness to donate.” DifferentWould BeChoicesOpportunityPolicyCitizensPreservesConsentRegisterDefaultFreedom Of ChoiceExplicitDonorsDonate Author:Cass Sunstein
“You have different people who come into your life and they affect you in a way and leave an impact on you. Whether it's projects or friends or directors, it's just an opportunity that people give me.” PeopleWayGivingDifferentOpportunityDirectorsProjectsGive MeImpactDifferent Peoples Author:Selena Gomez
“I've had different opportunities in my life, but I've tried to maintain the spirit of an amateur. Our culture roots everything in the barometer of success and how much money you make. But if you really just aspire to a life in the arts, it's really not a barometer at all.” IfsArtDifferentSpiritCultureOpportunityRootsAspireBarometer Author:Ethan Hawke
“I'm just naturally gravitating towards different things. As you mature, different subject matters. And as you're older, you can't play as many parts, or you shouldn't be playing the parts that you used to play. But also there's the opportunity to play parts that you couldn't have.” DifferentMatterPlayUsedOpportunitySubjectsDifferent ThingsMatureSubject MatterDifferent Subjects Author:Clint Eastwood
“For so many years, I've been an actor acting in other people's movies, and in 'Unstoppable,' I'm producing it, and I have an opportunity to create some of that excitement with style and form and different color templates and things like that. So, as an artist, it's really exciting.” PeopleYearsDifferentFormArtistActorsOpportunityActingStyleColorExcitingExcitementUnstoppableDifferent Colors Author:Kirk Cameron
“I feel real ownership in this show. I feel very invested in it. I care very much about it. I don't feel any more like a hired hand, you know? It's a strange feeling - I feel personally responsible for how the story goes. What happens. What the weaknesses are. And so in a way, some of the changes gave me an opportunity to have a voice in a different way.” KnowsWayFeelsDifferentRealStoriesShowsFeelingsHandsHappensCareOpportunityVoiceStrangeWeaknessResponsibleDifferent WaysOwnershipI Care Author:Lauren Graham
“Different people are afforded different opportunities. I've been given some awesome opportunities, and I feel that I've always knocked them out of the park. But I've always been scaled back after that.” PeopleFeelsDifferentOpportunityGivenParksDifferent Peoples Author:CM Punk
“Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.” PeopleWorldWayShouldDifferentReligionOpportunityGivenHarmonyPursuePeace And HarmonyDifferent Religions Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“If I'm president, some day, young kids will look at the world differently. They will say, I could be president some day. They couldn't have said that before I came along. The world will see the United States in a different context, as a country of true opportunity for all.” IfsWorldLooksSaidDifferentCountryStatesKidsYoungOpportunityPresidentUnitedUnited States Author:Barack Obama
“In life we all go through different situations that cause you to reflect. I had the opportunity to be married to a wonderful person. And for some reason two good people couldn't make a good thing work. But in life, the one thing that I love about being an artist is that you can sometimes use the pain that you go through to make beautiful things.” PeoplePersonsTwoDifferentSometimesReasonUsePainBeautifulArtistOpportunityCausesSituationWonderfulOne ThingMarriedGood ThingsGood PeopleBeautiful ThingsBeing MarriedBeing An ArtistWonderful Person Author:Ruben Studdard
“Ive been incredibly fortunate to be able to have different opportunities and be able to choose, which is kind of amazing.” KindDifferentAbleOpportunityFortunate Author:Steven Strait
“Saw has been a unique experience in that Ive had the opportunity to work with some really great artists, and everyone has contributed in so many different ways, in all of the different departments of a film crew.” WayHas BeensDifferentFilmArtistOpportunitySawsUniqueDifferent WaysDepartmentCrewReally GreatGreat ArtGreat ArtistUnique ExperiencesFilm Crew Author:Tobin Bell
“I take football as an avenue to different opportunities. Football is not using me; I'm using football.” DifferentOpportunityFootballAvenuesUsing Me Author:Adrian Peterson
“Every project that I had an opportunity to do or chose to do, I wanted it to be different from the last thing I did, and I think that's why I have a good, I had kind of a diverse kind of résumé.” ThinkingKindDifferentWantedLastsOpportunityProjectsDiverse Author:Tony Shalhoub
“Viewing the web as a platform for generosity is very different than seeing an opportunity to turn it into an ATM machine.” DifferentTurnsOpportunitySeeingMachinesGenerosityPlatformsAtmAtm Machines Author:Seth Godin
“Maybe I was cast into a different role (in Montreal) and it seemed to follow me around wherever I went, ... Everyone is skeptical until you produce. It's up to me from this point forward. I'm going to get an opportunity to maybe take on a bigger role leadership-wise and offensively.” DifferentOpportunityRolesWiseProduceBiggerCastsSkepticalFollow MeMontreal Author:Darcy Tucker
“I dont see myself as any different from all the other Filipinos who have gone abroad looking for opportunity, to be a nurse, a labourer, a maid or a prostitute.” DifferentOpportunityGoneNurseMaidsFilipinoLabourers Author:Miguel Syjuco
“What a lot of people don't understand is that when you change your thinking, when you accept different concepts, then life mirrors those for you. If you can get the concept that you're worthy and loveable and that you deserve to have a better life, life starts bringing those opportunities to you, because that's your belief system.” PeopleIfsThinkingDifferentOpportunityBeliefAcceptingConceptsDeserveMirrorsWorthyBetter LifeBelief Systems Author:Louise Hay
“There was a time in my acting career, where I was trying to figure out if acting was the thing to do. You know? I was always on this journey of trying to learn more about humanity and people - using the characters and situations as guideposts. I could switch up and do another job as long as I'm continuing that same search and that same journey of revealing my connection to humanity and the universe. And directing gives me the opportunity to explore ALL these different lives and their connection to their environments and the people. And I get to connect to the wires of the universe.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingTryingLongDifferentCharacterJobsHumanityUniverseOpportunityActingSituationCareersEnvironmentJourneyFiguresConnectionsGive MeThings To DoDo You KnowContinuingWireRevealingDifferent Life Author:Forest Whitaker
“Yes, NFL players deserve to be paid well. Unfortunately, economic realities are forcing everyone to make tough choices and the NFL is no different. These are not easy negotiations, but the outcome can be positive. If both sides give a little, everyone, including fans, will get a lot and the game will improve through innovation. Even in difficult economic times, a new CBA presents us with the opportunity to secure the future of our game.” IfsGivingWellsLittlesDifferentRealityChoicesOpportunityGamesEasyDifficultSidesPlayerFansEconomicDeserveToughPaidInnovationIncludingSecureOutcomesNflBoth SidesNegotiationBeing PositiveNfl PlayersTough Choices Author:Roger Goodell
“That's the beauty of being an actress, is that you hopefully get to have different roles and really stretch yourself. This is really what I've been working for a while. I've been in the business for a minute, and it's an opportunity like this that I've been really working towards.” DifferentOpportunityRolesMinutesActressesHopefully Author:Eva Mendes
“Any performer would love to have the opportunity to be able to express themselves in many different areas. If you feel confident in those areas, you would hope to have the opportunity to do them, whether it's drama, comedy, musical, or whatever your interests are.” IfsFeelsDifferentAbleOpportunityInterestComedyDramaAreasMusicalPerformers Author:Bryan Cranston
“What serialized cable dramas have given us is the opportunity to not simply tell the same story with slightly different words and different costumes, every week. people are really mining the ability of storytellers to tell a long form story that goes from A to Z, and to trust that an audience will follow that. If they miss it, over the course of the week, they can watch it online or buy the DVD. There are so many different ways of interacting with it. Storytelling in television is getting more complex and more nuanced.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentStoriesFormCoursesOpportunityGivenAbilityWatchesAudienceWeekMissingTelevisionDramaComplexesStorytellingDifferent WaysOnlineStorytellerCostumesCablesDvdsInteractingMining Author:Sarah Wayne Callies
“I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.” KindDifferentPlayWholeCharacterCertainActorsOpportunityEnjoyRealizingChallengesRolesTransformationFortunateDifferent KindsRelish Author:Toby Jones
“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
“Every day is an opportunity to learn something or discover something or someplace. Be curious, play, go out on a limb, walk a different way to work, try a new food at dinner and keep learning and growing.” WayTryingDifferentPlayOpportunityWalksGrowingDinnerCuriousDifferent WaysLimbsKeep LearningOpportunities To LearnLearning And Growing Author:Sandra Magsamen
“We've got to be able to distinguish between dangerous individuals who need to be incapacitated and incarcerated versus young people who are in an environment in which they are adapting, but if given different opportunities, a different vision of life, could be thriving the way we are. That's what strikes me. There but for the grace of God. And that, I think, is something that we all have to think about.” PeopleIfsThinkingLifeNeedsDifferentAbleYoungOpportunityIndividualGivenVisionGraceDangerousStrikesVersusGrace Of GodVision Of Life Author:Barack Obama
“The more opportunities people have to experience television on different platforms, the more television they consume overall. So there actually has been a benefit, but the ratings have gone down. But we've seen kind of the horizontal benefit of this. And it remains a great, great promotion engine.” PeopleKindHas BeensDifferentOpportunityGoneTelevisionBenefitsRemainsEnginesPlatformsPromotionRatingHorizontal Author:Anne Sweeney
“I think the greatest gift actually acting is that I have a true fascination and love for people, and the way they are, and all the choices they made in life and all the different paths they took. I feel like acting gives me an opportunity to dig a little bit into that. That's great because it's eye-opening and it makes you an open person.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingFeelsLittlesPersonsMadeDifferentEyeChoicesOpportunityBitsActingPathLittle BitAnd LoveGive MeOpeningFascinationGreatest GiftsEye OpeningDifferent Paths Author:Wes Bentley
“I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor is such a rarity on earth. It's like making a living as a painter. So I look at different opportunities in the same way as Jack Nicholson, who said once, "Keep popping up in different holes. That's what you want to do: Just keep popping up in different holes." That made a lot of sense to me.” KnowsWayWantBelieveLooksMadeSaidDifferentShowsEarthActorsOpportunityDon't BelieveWhat You WantHolesPainterMaking A LivingPoppingRarityNicholson Author:Steve Guttenberg
“You learn so much from making mistakes, not even necessarily mistakes that I've made, a lot of the time the films just don't work out because it's a really difficult process. And sometimes there's a certain person underlining process. But I've had an opportunity to work on all different types of films and I have had a lot of opportunities to stretch myself in different ways and now is the time where I get to try and figure out out the roles that I can really play well and play them well.” WayTryingWellsPersonsMadeI CanDifferentSometimesPlayFilmCertainOpportunityProcessDifficultMistakeRolesFiguresTypeWork OutDifferent WaysMaking Mistakes Author:Josh Hartnett
“If you're an actor, a hard thing is to stick around, to stay viable. I try to do that by taking the opportunity to do something different every once in awhile.” IfsTryingDifferentHardActorsOpportunitySticksHard Things Author:Christopher Walken
“I think that with the Internet, it has given a lot of people the opportunity to get themselves out there to the masses. But it's easy to group everyone that's on the Internet together. I try to cross and jump around between genres and different styles, kind of find my own niche.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDifferentTogetherOpportunityGivenEasyMy OwnGroupsStyleInternetMassCrossesGenreNicheDifferent Styles Author:Mac Miller