I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level.
Any time you have an opportunity to do something for the first time, it's super exciting, and I just want to soak up everything, and each experience... just to say that you've represented your country at the Olympics, it's such a rare opportunity.
Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world.
Climbs like the Dawn Wall don't come around every day.
On 'State of Affairs,' we're going after some names that you wouldn't think would traditionally do TV. A show that shoots in Los Angeles is such a rare bird in hand that I think we're gonna have the pick of the litter.
I think it'll be an emotional day. It'll be exciting for me, mostly it'll be exciting for them. I'm not going to get to come here a lot, so, it'll be a special day, hopefully.
People don't get signed by Def Jam every day on my block.
I can't believe I've met the royal family. It's, like, one of those things you never expect to do in your life.
I got a chance to work with Judi Dench in almost every scene. How many Indian actors get that chance?
This experience has been once in a lifetime.
When the rare chance comes, seize it To do the rare deed.
The shop is only open one day a year.
After losing his relection bid to political novice Paul Wellstone:
Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.
Particularly if you're a good engineer, there's a lot of ways you can make money, but to actually have an impact on the world is rare, and when you find an opportunity for that, it's very special.
Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to your best advantage.
There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too.
If needed, I would have even given seven years of my life for 'Baahubali,' as such characters are rare to play in a lifetime for any actor. I consider myself very fortunate and lucky for it.
The 2014 election has given the GOP the rare opportunity to retroactively redeem its brand. The conventional perception, incessantly repeated by Democrats and the media, is that Washington dysfunction is the work of the Party of No. Expose the real agent of do-nothing. Show that, when Harry Reid can no longer consign House-passed legislation to oblivion, Congress can actually work.
Opportunity sometimes comes once in a lifetime.
They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime event for all of us, something like this.
I never want to forget that I'm doing an impossible thing. How rare is it that you get to be part of something people love? It's really special. It's a very out-of-body experience to be a part of something so huge.
To get to do a West End play is once in a lifetime chance.
For me, a career highlight was being on 'Battlestar Galactica.' Roles like that don't come along very often.