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It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas.
Dwyane Wade
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Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.


Horace
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Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.


Paulo Coelho
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You get people talking about being worried about their art, and dances... their culture being wiped out or taken over, and yet these same people are taking advantage of their people to use them as cheap labour.
Arlo Guthrie
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Who has words at the right moment?


Charlotte Bronte
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The Pulitzer is a crapshoot. Your piece has to hit a few people the right way at the right moment.


Gene Weingarten
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I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.
Nick Cave
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I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.


Charlie Chaplin
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The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other types of land, or taking advantage of byproducts that aren't used in the food chain today, or by intercropping.
Bill Gates
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I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd like to lay claim to some extraordinary act of originality, truth is I'm only taking advantage of capabilities inherent in everyone.
Mark Z. Danielewski
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Adoptive parents are taking on enormous responsibility, both emotionally and financially. Quite frankly, they need as much disclosure as possible about the child's background and health to assure the best fit and be prepared.
Pat Robertson
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Al Qaeda will always focus on us, the United States. And they will take advantage of any situation.


Dutch Ruppersberger
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I believe you make your own luck. My motto is 'It's always a mistake not to go.'


Tom Brokaw
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When it comes to luck, you make your own.


Bruce Springsteen
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I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.
Maurice Wilkins
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I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.


Denzel Washington
So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your life. I think I made the correct turn.
Loretta Swit
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I was thinking about how fleeting and precious life is. Life is also arbitrary. For example, the choices that you make, the luck of being born into the right bed, to parents who support and help you and who love you. That doesn't always happen - and then, what happens when it doesn't?
Mary Ellen Mark
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It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.
P. G. Wodehouse
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Often, people who want to make interesting films simply don't have the money to do it.


Emily Browning
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