Evan Spiegel Quotes

I want to create a platform for those people who want to come to this field. These people will face hurdles and problems that don't allow them to show their talent. So I want to make a platform that they can easily access, and then, at least, they won't be a victim of these problems.

Girl Up gives girls an opportunity and gives them a platform and starting point through which they can take it and run with it and help give girls the opportunity to have the freedom, independence and the ability to get an education.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.

Like any director working today, I started out when somebody took a shot at hiring me. It's how we all start out - male, female, white or minority.

Sama means 'equal' in Sanskrit; I chose 'Samasource' because I thought it really reflected a value that I had and that I wanted the company to have, which is that everyone has equal capabilities and deserves an equal chance.

If you don't know the right people or have the right connections, you may never be discovered. With 'Opening Act,' we are democratizing a notoriously impossible process, pulling back the curtains on a consistently fascinating industry, and affording aspiring artists the chance of a lifetime.

My responsibility is, I'm always trying to look for new people of color or even artistic people who need a chance.

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

I'm all about giving up-and-coming people a chance.

I didn't have role models to look up to because there was no access to them.

We need a world class institution which will create leaders out of the children who have not had a good start in life.

I always have believed in the value of the diversity and resilience and just, really, the different skill sets that our community has. But we've never been able to find the right platform and find the right environment for us as a community - for us as a professional community.

Derek McInnes gave me that platform to showcase what I can do, so I'm thankful.

As more doors open for me, I try to always bring people who I know through.

I wasn't sure how it would unfold once I got to the NBA, but I knew if I got to the NBA, I could then have the platform and have the resources and the connections and the people around me that had more connections and more resources to help me really impact a lot of people's lives.

I think pageants like Miss Universe give young women a platform to follow the field we want, a platform to voice our opinions and make us stronger.

Ekta Kapoor believed that I would do good work and allowed me to explore. I had that support system.

When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.

Society always needs a level playing field. In order to do that, you have to have opportunity, and providing that opportunity begins with 'how do we bridge that gap,' that so-called Digital Divide? How can we get internet into every home possible?

I want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. .. You don't just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.

It would be great to give back to this city and its youth brigade important lessons that will help them become future champions. I look forward to this opportunity.

Be an opener of doors

What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I learned more from the chefs I have working for me than you could ever imagine. There's nothing wrong with being able to create opportunities for people, and you don't have to do everything, take credit for everything, and have all the weight be on your shoulders.