When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.

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Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

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In the planning and designing of new communities, housing projects, and urban renewal, the planners both private and public, need to give explicit consideration to the kind of world that is being created for the children who will be growing up in these settings. Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children both older and younger than themselves.

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Socialist thought owes its appeal to the young largely to its visionary character; the very courage to indulge in Utopian thought is in this respect a source of strength for socialism which traditional liberalism sadly lacks. Speculation about general principles provides an opportunity for the play of the imagination of those who are unencumbered by much knowledge of the facts of present-day life. Their ideas suffer from inherent contradictions, and any attempt to put them into practice must produce something utterly different from what they expect. — Friedrich August von Hayek

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I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators. - Gerald R. Ford

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Talent is everywhere, it only needs the opportunity.

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The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. —Winston Churchill

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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.

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The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

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I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.

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