Elissa Schappell Quotes
By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow.
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I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.
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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
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Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.
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Put simply, my vision for AOL is to build the largest and most sophisticated global advertising network while we grow the size and engagement of our worldwide audience.
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I didn't grow up around all white people; I never wanted to gentrify hip-hop, I've never wanted to speak to an all-white audience.
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Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
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Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.
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We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.
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People always ask why I stay in the online space versus going to TV or film, like most people would do, and the answer is that there's opportunity for innovation online - not only innovation in storytelling, but also innovation in how you interact with your audience and that is very fulfilling to me personally.
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I have never had the opportunity to play in England, so I know little about it.
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Dreams grow if you grow.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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I think the older that I'm getting, the more I'm understand what a privileged job I have, and what an opportunity I have. Now I'm directing films and I'm getting my first movie in America off the ground, and you start to understand how the system really works.
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Whatever adults don't understand, because they didn't grow up with it, is the thing they're going to be afraid of and try to legislate out of existence. It happened with videogames, it happened with television, it happened with pinball parlours and rock and roll.
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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.
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In the U.S. the powerful critics of austerity such as Paul Krugman and Robert Reich rightly identify the decline of 'labor' as a problem, and renewing trade unionism part of the solution. Our opportunity is to make the same case in the UK.
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Broadband gives small businesses the opportunity to broaden their customer base and reduce their overheads through e-commerce platforms.
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I doubt the terrorists saw 9/11 as a teaching opportunity. And we're not really a culture geared to anything as humble as 'learning.' But I was disappointed in how quickly everyone wanted to get back to normal. It was as if we watched terrorism on TV for a while, then got bored and turned back to 'American Idol.'
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Be careful not to start a company that really belongs as a feature of another company, like the 25 Twitter URL shortener companies out there. Pick a real problem that's here to stay.
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We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.
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It wasn't as if I was simply some guy who had never seen the other side of the tracks.
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On reflection, I think the 1980s were a dreadful, abysmal time.
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By investing others with the power to dictate who you are, you rob yourself of an opportunity to truly grow.
