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CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT
Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readi... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA I ... jumped at the opportunity to become a part of the challenge because I knew the opportunity was...
MARK LANE
At nine years old, I was presented an opportunity to move to Toronto to train for pairs dancing. As ... RACHEL MCADAMS
The first record I bought was a Carl Perkins record, because I saw him at The Festival at Sandpoint,... JOSH HOMME I think of it as an opportunity that presented itself. If this pays off I'll be really happy.
ERIC KOHEN
I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope... CARINE ROITFELD A career is a job you love, right? That's what a career should be. If you're in a job that y...
CAMERON SINCLAIR Managing is a tough job. When you're young, you just think it's a natural progression - I...
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CARROLL QUIGLEY I saw that we were sort of struggling to get points. We'd let (Minnesota) get the game manageable. W...
EDDIE JONES I don't think Amber taped Scott or testified for money, but the opportunity certainly presented ...
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ALICIA KEYS
I was working at the 'Evening Standard' when I heard that there was a job going as deputy li... CLAIRE TOMALIN
So, practice, particularly after you've attained a job, any kind of job, like playing with a fou... BUDDY RICH It's totally my dream job. I grew up watching 'Saturday Night Live.' We'd watch it a...
VANESSA BAYER I'm a sport fan. So, I have always watched everything, and I used to watch racing. Formula One w...
ASIF KAPADIA
When I was in college my girl got me a job at the doctor's office she was working at. I was a fi... J. COLE It was just a situation that presented itself when I was in his neighborhood and at his home, and I ...
BETH HOLLOWAY TWITTY Some things work out and some don't. In this case, another opportunity presented itself.
GARY BURKHOLDER I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I thi...
SCOTT AUKERMAN I don't think Amber taped Scott or testified for money, but the opportunity certainly presented itse...
CATHERINE CRIER It was our feeling that when the opportunity to acquire Eddie Neville was presented to us, it was a ...
MARK MAZZOLENI I had the freedom to choose my career. I had the opportunity to choose a career in sports. It's ...
CASEY WASSERMAN
I find dealing with tempered chocolate a bit tricky, but that's a chocolatier's job. So I da... PAUL HOLLYWOOD You can look at 'Rumours' and say, 'Well, the album is bright, and it's clean, and i...
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
Freedom is the thing that has attracted me most to jazz. Within improvisation, you're really abl... JASON MORAN
Netflix shook it up, brought this whole new generation of people who said, 'I watch things when ... MIKE COLTER
When Carpenter was shooting 'Vampires' in New Mexico when I was living there, I desperately ... DREW GODDARD Most of the time, I don't even watch what I do on TV. I go in, get the job done, and just know i...
DAVID HEDISON I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance.
ADRIAN EDMONDSON It doesn't feel strange. It really doesn't. It was six years. You're talking about an opportunity. A...
DEMARLO HALE
I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often ... CHRIS HEMSWORTH
At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wa... SACHIN TENDULKAR I'm definitely a romantic comedy dude because I'm a big romantic at heart. I'm a softy, ...
STERLING KNIGHT I don't 'handle' people. It's so much easier to manipulate actors than to really hav...
JON FAVREAU
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity pre... BRUCE MARTON I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously.
ERINN HAYES
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind... ALAN RICKMAN He jumped. I jumped. We both saw it at the last minute. It was twilight.
CRAIG MONROE I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really.
JAMES DENTON
Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, ... MORGAN FREEMAN I've done some things that have been quite interesting, but as grateful as I am for having been ...
BILLY CAMPBELL That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds free...
LESTER MADDOX
Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and,... JOHN SUNUNU I have enjoyed doing baseball but the opportunity just never presented itself to do it on a regular ...
BOB KURTZ I'm not going to beat this life. It's gonna get me in the end. So accepting that is a real f...
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ANDREW LUCK
I did Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' once. Two months in, I remember going, 'Human beings... JUSTIN THEROUX
I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I... ANGELA BASSETT
Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It'... ADAM DRIVER If the opportunity presented itself again, I would definitely take it. Even though there were ups an...
JULIE LELAND
I've been making movies a long time. I'm a professional at it. I'm not a professional at... JAMES GUNN I thought I was going to be killed. The casualties were so heavy, it was just a given. I learned to ...
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JEFF JUSTICE We knew they were going to wheel it over in his direction. We were yelling at him from the sidelines...
DOUG JOHNSON I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's &...
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS
There's a passion about this because people take it very close to their hearts and they have gro... DANIEL CRAIG You can't force anything, but when the opportunity presents itself, if the ball was in my hands, I w...
HORACE JENKINS
I didn't realize - you think you are doing a movie but then you realize it's a Columbia Pict... CHRIS EVANS
Climbing, as my grandmother said, it's a pretty frivolous thing. She always wondered when I was ... CONRAD ANKER
Sometimes when you are a great mom, you're not so great at your job. And then when you're go... GISELE BUNDCHEN I got to watch my heroes meet him and saw how they reacted, whether it was Joe Strummer or Tom Waits...
JAKOB DYLAN When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that ther...
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JACK LAYTON I was a huge David Letterman fan, even going back to when he was on NBC. My parents would only let m...
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KYLE CARNI
If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's goin... OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
I tell people 'America's Got Talent' is the best summer job you could have - you get to ... NICK CANNON
I love short track. I competed in short track, I was a world champion in 1986 but at that point in t... BONNIE BLAIR It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance whe...
JACK FALAHEE I'm a huge fan of movies, and I watch DVDs all day, and I like to be able to watch DVDs that are...
ALEXANDRE AJA
I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it&... GEORGE CLOONEY
The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate wa... BOB WOODWARD
I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that. ADAM MCKAY
The battle to find a workplace that's wheelchair accessible is a feat in itself, let alone an em... STELLA YOUNG It's good to have a foothold in reality, a base somewhere that's always been a base. Sharman...
SEAN BIGGERSTAFF If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfo...
DANA BRUNETTI
There's something that goes on in a new-business meeting that's wonderful to watch. It's... JERRY DELLA FEMINA
That's going to be VEEEEEEERYYYY Nasty.... DEYTH BANGER I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's ...
LIV WARFIELD
I have been waiting to win a world championship since 1985. I've had three cracks at a world tit... ALLAN MCNISH Life's Irony;Many are presumed innocent not because they are really innocent,but because the opportu...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.
BILL OWENS There's times when I'll see a show, or something cooking on TV, and think, 'That can rea...
GREG KINNEAR Carole (King) always said there was a small window of opportunity and we happened to come along at t...
BARRY MANN
Because the job didn't get done tonight doesn't mean that it the situation presented itself [Thursda... JOE TORRE
When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone cou... MARTIN SCORSESE
And the sculptor woman was so clever in the way she did it. She had the beret just about to leave my... MARY TYLER MOORE
I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many yea... MATT DAMON
I did 'Narnia' because it was a good opportunity and all that, but really? I wanted to play ... JAMES MCAVOY
The leg drop was a move that nobody really used, and nobody ever hit the ropes and jumped up really ... HULK HOGAN So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you'...
ANTHONY MACKIE I've been on the board of UCLA Film and TV School, and I went to UCLA. I realized that the same ...
DARREN STAR I have always loved clothes, and the opportunity to design my own line could not be missed. It's...
JASMINE GUINNESS
We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of ... LESLIE MOONVES
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Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff. 
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