Access Quote by Angela Merkel

The land of unlimited opportunity was for me, for a long time, impossible to reach. The wall, barbed wire and the order to shoot…

— Angela Merkel

The first thing I can remember I ever wanted was to go to the United States. And for reasons that are as conventional as…

— Christopher Hitchens

All I've ever wanted to do was create freedom.

— Patti Smith

The freedom that I wanted as a kid would - probably would not have been good for me and not in the way in…

— Mahershala Ali

There was a time in my life when opportunities were so few and far between they were like little cracks in the wall, and…

— Dwayne Johnson

I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded many of…

— Werner Bischof

Here I was at the end of America...no more land...and nowhere was nowhere to go but back

— Jack Kerouac

I learned that every opportunity is one that has to be seized.

— Tom Izzo

I'd been so set on an escape that was now impossible, and the only form of freedom left to me was death. It was…

— Alexander Gordon Smith

Freedom used to be something that I dreamed of but never allowed myself to fully imagine.

— Chelsea Manning

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

— Mark Twain

For me, it was the Army or prison. I wanted to make something of myself. The Army gave me that determination, the will to…

— Nigel Benn