Taken Advantage Quotes

• There comes a point in time when you must know that everything you have already given or done is enough. This is not something anyone else can tell you. You must know. Giving without receiving doesn't prove anything except that you know how to be taken advantage of.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Taken, Giving, Receiving

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Jan 22, 2016

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• You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Taken, Affection, Stealing

  Alexander Hamilton (1842). “The Official and Other Papers of the Late Major-General Alexander Hamilton: Comp. Chiefly from the Originals in the Possession of Mrs. Hamilton ...”, p.331

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• At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.

  Ian Fleming

  Mistake, Play, Gambling

  Ian Fleming (1961). “gilt-edged bonds”

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• Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.

  Salman Khan

  Sometimes, Advantage, Stardom

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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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• The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized.

  Orlando Aloysius Battista

  Trust, Taken, May

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• We've been in that situation where you're just so happy to be doing what you love to do that you get taken advantage of.

  Justin Timberlake

  Taken, Doing What You Love, Advantage

  "New Again: Justin Timberlake". Interview with Rebecca Wallwork, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2013.

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• When you continue to give without receiving, the only thing you are proving is that you know how to be taken advantage of.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Taken, Giving, Receiving

  Twitter post from Apr 6, 2013

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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

  Taken, Skins, Tough Skin

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.

  Dennis Prager

  Taken, People, Weakness

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• The basic idea of karma is not punishment. Karma presents the opportunity for development; to make use of opportunities that were not taken advantage of, to fill in gaps of ignorance, to enlarge understanding through experience, to do what should be done.

  Seth

  Karma, Taken, Ignorance

  "The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42 : 11/26/63-4/8/64" by Seth, Jane Roberts, Robert F. Butts, The Early Sessions: Book 8, Session 388, (p. 158), 1997.

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• In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as having strength under control, being calm and peaceful when surrounded by a heated atmosphere, emitting a soothing effect on those who may be angry or otherwise beside themselves, and possessing tact and gracious courtesy that causes others to retain their self-esteem and dignity. Instead of losing, the gentle gain. Instead of being ripped off and taken advantage of, they come out ahead!

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Self Esteem, Taken, Thinking

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• Other people have to understand where we are coming from, including our allies. Our allies have taken advantage of us.

  Donald Trump

  Taken, People, Allies

  Source: townhall.com

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• The money is with people who have taken advantage of every single break in the tax code.

  Hillary Clinton

  Taken, People, Break

  "Transcript of the Second Debate". www.nytimes.com. October 10, 2016.

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• The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious.

  Edward Carpenter

  Taken, Doe, Facts

  Edward Carpenter (1916). “My days and dreams: being autobiographical notes”

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• Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our greed and attachment. This allows our true nature to come out and become lighter and freer.

  Ajahn Chah

  Nature, Taken, Attachment

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• Those who only seek friends without seeking to be a good friend are selfishly needy and demanding. And those who only want to be a good friend but do not wisely seek good friends are bound to be taken advantage of, abused, neglected, and suffer from their foolish friend choices.

  Mark Driscoll

  Taken, Good Friend, Choices

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• Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim. And ISIL is certainly not a state. It was formerly al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq, and has taken advantage of sectarian strife and Syria's civil war to gain territory on both sides of the Iraq-Syrian border. It is recognized by no government, nor the people it subjugates. ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.

  Barack Obama

  Leadership, War, Taken

  "Is It ISIS or ISIL? That Depends On Who You're Asking". Interview with Arun Rath, wvik.org. September 14, 2014.

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• I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so nothing of what I was studying seemed to fit. I know now that I should have taken advantage of that time and that I missed a great deal of the opportunity to educate myself.

  Harrison Ford

  Taken, Opportunity, Ideas

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• Let those possess the land, and only those,
  Who love it with a love so strong and stupid
  That they may be abused and taken advantage of
  And made fun of by business, law, and art.

  Robert Frost

  Love, Art, Strong

  Robert Frost, David Bradley, Dewitt Jones (1979). “Robert Frost, a tribute to the source”, Henry Holt & Co

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• Marilyn Monroe was taken advantage of by most of the men that knew her, including Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio, whom I also knew very well.

  Debbie Reynolds

  Taken, Men, He Man

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• Another mess I inherited, and we have imposed new sanctions on the nation of Iran who has totally taken advantage of our previous administration, and they're the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and we're not going to stop until that problem is properly solved, and it's not properly solved now.

  Donald Trump

  Taken, Iran, Administration

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I think it is possible to be friends with employees, but there has to be a respect level where you're not taken advantage of, either.

  Kenny Chesney

  Taken, Thinking, Levels

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• We need to roll back precarious employment models. Temporary and limited contracts were initially seen as a way of introducing more flexibility so as to bridge periods of need in certain phases of production. Some employers have taken advantage of the model to push down wages. In general, we must strive for equal pay for equal work.

  Martin Schulz

  Taken, Equal Pay, Bridges

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We're being taken advantage of because we have leaders who are incompetent. They don't even know. When I went out and told them you know in their trade deal they didn't even discuss the devaluation, they didn't even discuss it. At least they started discussing it, only because of me.

  Donald Trump

  Taken, Leader, Advantage

  Source: www.economist.com

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