Dick Spring Quotes
It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.Dick Spring
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We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee -
We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.
Laura Dern -
Perhaps gaining power doesn't cause people to act like takers. It simply creates the opportunity for people who think like takers to express themselves.
Adam Grant -
As governor, I enjoy the opportunity to talk about Utah's measurable business success.
Gary Herbert -
I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
Wally Lamb
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
Karl Kraus -
I'd love the opportunity to do something where I could really give my opinion, my feisty side - it'd be fun!
Rachel Stevens -
I don't think people know how much time and effort truly goes into the game and goes into simply just scoring a touchdown. So when you get that opportunity, you should be able to be free and be relaxed from all the pressure that went into scoring that touchdown and have fun.
Dak Prescott -
I'd put it this way: Canadians want politicians to work together on their behalf. So that's what I'm committed to doing. I think it's been the goal of every NDP leader. Because we had a profound belief that we could do a good job on behalf of Canadians... if we were given that opportunity.
Jack Layton -
Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.
Abby Wambach -
Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference.
Xavier Becerra
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A working woman could save a few shillings a week, and then every five weeks she'd come in and we'd cut her hair. She could shampoo it under the shower, swing it and dry it off or just let it dry by itself. It changed the lives of many young girls who'd never had the opportunity to be styled like that before.
Vidal Sassoon -
Through Gateway to Work, we can provide more of the workers our businesses need to thrive, and we can help give more of our families the opportunity to work their way to self-sufficiency and into the middle class.
Maggie Hassan -
I think that every project offers an opportunity to reinvent process as well as content.
Irvine Welsh -
Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.
Gary Ryan Blair -
We aspire to be equal opportunity, but all across the country where a student is born, their race, their class affect where they end up.
Wendy Kopp -
Broadband gives small businesses the opportunity to broaden their customer base and reduce their overheads through e-commerce platforms.
Hamadoun Toure
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If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.
Billy Wilder -
It's also very painful, because I feel, and I know, probably all women my age and older feel like we're better and have more to give and are more fun now.
Barbara Hershey -
It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
Al Pacino -
More and more individuals worldwide are realizing that war does not solve conflict, nor resolve long-standing cycles of violence. As more of those who have this understanding communicate it to policy-makers and more particularly, start implementing it in their own lives and localities, change will start to happen.
Scilla Elworthy -
I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.
Madhuri Dixit -
It... is the best opportunity we've had in the last 25 years to bring about a settlement in Northern Ireland, and I think we should leave no stone unturned to achieve that.
Dick Spring