Advantage Quotes - Page 2

• We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

  Albert Camus

  Love, Life, Deceived Us

  "A Happy Death" by Albert Camus, translated by Richard Howard, 1972.

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• The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone.

  Kofi Annan

  Able, Wonderful, Lord

  TIME Magazine, 1997.

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• A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

  William Hazlitt

  Should, Graves, Shows

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.137

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• Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Communication, Opportunity

  "Technical Support Essentials: Advice to Succeed in Technical Support". Book by Andrew Sanchez, p. 79, December 30, 2009.

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• Home advantage gives you an advantage

  Bobby Robson

  Soccer, Home, Giving

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• I was feeling a lot of confidence, so I wanted to take advantage of that and keep playing.

  Gabriela Sabatini

  Sports, Confidence, Feelings

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• Aside from that reservation, a fictive tale even has the advantage of manifesting symbolic necessity more purely to the extent that we may believe its conception arbitrary.

  Jacques Lacan

  Believe, Arbitrary, May

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• Out of labor's struggle in Arizona came better conditions for the workers, who must everywhere, at all times, under advantage and disadvantage work out their own salvation

  Mother Jones

  Struggle, Work Out, Arizona

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• The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

  Arnold Bennett

  Inspirational, Ruts, Dignity

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• Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not.

  Raoul Vaneigem

  Taken, Knowledge, Mind

  Raoul Vaneigem (1994). “The revolution of everyday life”, Left Bank Distribution

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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

  People, Giving, Want

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• To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Class, Community, Protection

  Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). “Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches”

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• I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him

  Ed Harris

  Couple, Fun, Past

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• What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible.

  Cao Cao

  Hands, Aggravation, Enemy

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• In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to have a Navy to cope with the British.

  William Whipple

  Navy, Opinion, British

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• I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage.

  April Winchell

  Running, Office, Giving

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• I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it.

  Herman Wouk

  Jewish Tradition, Inheritance, Wealth

  Time Magazine, September 05, 1955.

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• The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

  Andre Kostelanetz

  Audience, Conductor, Seeing

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• I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage.

  Gerard Arpey

  Thinking, Cost, Lows

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• When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.

  Laurence Sterne

  Men, Mind, Literature

  Laurence Sterne (1834). “The Works of Laurence Sterne, in One Volume”, p.275

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• As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary.

  Sylvia Kristel

  Editors, Directors, Actors

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• An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

  Jack Welch

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Jack Welch & The G.E. Way: Management Insights and Leadership". Book by Robert Slater, 1998.

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

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Peace, Military, War

  "The Prince". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, 1513.

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• Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

  Henri Matisse

  Funny, Art, Expression

  "The Christian Science Monitor", quoted in the review of "The Drawings of Henri Matisse" exhibit at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art by Theodore F. Wolff, March 25, 1985.

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• The expert in battle seeks his victory from strategic advantage and does not demand it from his men.

  Sun Tzu

  Leadership, Business, Art Of War

  "The Art of War". Book by Sun Tzu, Chapter V · Forces, 2003.

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