#advantage

It's a big, big advantage because understanding what changes we might make takes time and it takes time to work out settings and to understand everything about the new machine. ↗

— Valentino Rossi

#advantage #because #big #changes #everything

It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

#advantages #also #bad #bad days #because

It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#advantageous #both #civilized #come #condition

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. ↗

— George Soros

#annually #beneficiaries #benefits #billions #commodity

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#any #background #believe #doubt #equal

People thought me a bit strange at first; a blond haired, blue-eyed Norwegian who sang Mexican folk songs, but I used it to my advantage and got a job. And so the music became my ticket to education. ↗

— David Soul

#became #bit #blond #blue-eyed #education

American teachers have one indisputable advantage over foreign ones; they understand the American temperament and can judge its unevenness, its lights and its shadows. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#american #foreign #indisputable #judge #lights

If I have any advantage, maybe, as a writer, it is that I don't think I'm very interesting. I mean, beginning a novel with the last sentence is a pretty plodding way to spend your life. ↗

— John Irving

#any #beginning #i #interesting #last

It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark. ↗

— Larry King

#easy #give #joyful #kind #mark

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. ↗

— Michael Korda

#always #being #luck #make #mean