#advantage

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

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

— Larry King

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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

While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap. ↗

— Ray Kroc

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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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When I travel, I like to take advantage of room service. I'm really into eggs Benedict in the morning. ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#eggs #i #into #like #morning

Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But again, those advantages won't mean much if we don't do a great job with the basics of our business. ↗

— Gerard Arpey

#again #amenities #basics #business #cannot

There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn. ↗

— Erika Slezak

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I think this journal will be disadvantageous for me, for I spend my time now like a spider spinning my own entrails. ↗

— Mary Boykin Chesnut

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On certain plays and situations I feel like I have the advantage. But sometimes I just have to not think about the size of the guy in front of me. ↗

— Dante Hall

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