#advantage

In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

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We must carefully examine change so that we are able to discard those aspects of change which would be detrimental to our way of life, and, at the same time, take advantage of those aspects of change which will enhance and improve our quality of life. ↗

— Alex Campbell

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I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin. ↗

— Tia Carrere

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Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it. ↗

— Jimmy Connors

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Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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I don't think that sleeping with one of the owners gives you the advantages people think it does. ↗

— Paula Yates

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