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I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position. -- Paul Walker
We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel. -- Bobby Jindal
People need to access Skype wirelessly, no matter where they are, and what happens is that we'll be taking advantage of the rollout of Internet everywhere - WiFi and WiMax in particular. -- Niklas Zennstrom
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
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
We live in an increasingly sophisticated world that makes it difficult to make simple comments on stuff. There are too many people on both sides of the border who are taking advantage of circumstances and the situation. -- Arlo Guthrie
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
For new bands, I think a major label is the safest place to be. Independent labels are the ones getting away with murder. A lot of them are hobbyists who rip-off young bands, taking advantage of people who would never get signed to a major. -- Jack White
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
Success is about taking advantage of opportunity. -- Mike Ditka
The difference between those who succeed and fail: not taking advantage of opportunities. -- Eric Thomas
Mexico will not be taking advantage of us. They will not be having open borders. -- Donald Trump
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them. -- Anatole France
Education is anything that we do for the purpose of taking advantage of the experience of some one else. -- Lyman Bryson
Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared. -- Michael Korda
When they talk about raising your taxes, I think raise the taxes on some of these countries that are taking advantage of the United States. -- Donald Trump
She [Hillary Clinton] is the epitome of the progressive - the secular progressive movement. And she counts on the fact that people are uninformed, the Alinsky Model, taking advantage of useful idiots. -- Benjamin Carson
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you've lived nearly half the time you have to live already? -- Ernest Hemingway
We have so many people who can't see a fat man standing beside a thin one without coming to the conclusion that the fat man got that way by taking advantage of the thin one! -- Ronald Reagan
~I don't always have a lot of energy, but my kids almost always revitalize me. Of course like any working mom, sometimes I'm guilt-ridden. I think I should be sitting down doing an educational computer game with Carrie or taking Ellie to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These kids are such sponges, and I should be taking advantage of that.~ -- Katie Couric
When you're kissing a woman and you want it to look realistic, you're thinking, 'Am I taking advantage of her? Is her boyfriend going to think I'm over-stepping the mark? Whereas when you are kissing a man, those thoughts don't cross your mind. I'm more scared of it looking false, so I went for it fully to make it look real and hopefully I've achieved that. -- Rob James-Collier
Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom. -- Salman Khan
It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities. -- Lee Majors
Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation. -- Abdallah II of Jordan
Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is. -- Trent Reznor
That the way to achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization. -- Charles E. Wilson
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
Mandates are rarely won on election night. They are earned after Inauguration Day by leaders who spend their political capital wisely, taking advantage of events without overreaching. -- Ron Fournier
If you're giving love and not receiving it, you're not in the right relationship. If you're receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person. -- Patti Stanger
But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation. -- Oscar Robertson
While America has always been and always will be a safe harbor for those being persecuted by tyrannical governments we must be vigilant to ensure those individuals are not taking advantage of America's generosity and good will. -- Bill Shuster
I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them. -- Leonardo DiCaprio
It's that Romney is taking advantage of the government's 'free stuff,' too, and has been profiting from it handsomely for a long, long time - even as he rails about the 'free stuff' that the government provides other people. -- Jennifer Granholm
After I left the Pumpkins, I went home and just sat around. I have a studio in my basement, and I found myself writing all these songs, just taking advantage of the relaxed situation. I wrote about 30 songs in about 30 days. -- Jimmy Chamberlin
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
What's profound and exciting is the way young people are taking advantage of the fact that the Internet enables everyone to have a megaphone. It enables everyone to stand up and say, 'I deserve to be heard, and I demand that you listen.' -- Chelsea Clinton
I'm just trying to make up for lost times, and I have total awareness that when the work is coming it doesn't mean it's going to continue to come, so I'm taking advantage of this phenomenal period that I'm in now, to its fullest. -- Ron Perlman
A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things. -- Lee Ann Womack
I love taking advantage of red carpets. -- Kiersey Clemons
Being your own man does not mean taking advantage of anyone else. -- Flip Wilson
The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. -- Elliott Erwitt
Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements. -- Henry David Thoreau
I'm not worried about young people seeing an opportunity and taking advantage of it. -- Todd Phillips
Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation. -- Abdallah II of Jordan
I'm just taking advantage of good pitches. I am seeing the ball well and my confidence is high. -- Jose Bautista
A successful outcome shows what hard work, perseverance and taking advantage of your opportunities will do for you. -- Will Rogers
Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it. -- Robert James Thomson
I believe colleges should not be allowed to benefit from unlimited federal largesse while taking advantage of students. -- Donald Trump
Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety? -- Edouard Manet
One thing I'm afraid of is not taking advantage of opportunities. I feel like these are kind of gifts. -- Jim Gaffigan
Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down. -- Francis Bacon
I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda. -- Thomas de Maiziere
Microsoft is unlawfully taking advantage of its Windows monopoly to protect and to extend that monopoly and undermine consumer choice. -- Janet Reno
I know of no person or group that is taking nearly adequate advantage of the graphical potentialities of the computer. -- John Tukey
People been killing each other since forever and hurting each other since forever and taking advantage of each other since forever. -- Vince Staples
My career has sort of been characterized by taking advantage of the changes in the marketplace, sometimes by design, sometimes by accident. -- Colin Callender
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world. Through this I know the advantage of taking no action. -- Laozi
First, by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coal and gas and nuclear and renewables. -- Mitt Romney
I really believe in my work and in no way think I'm taking advantage of anyone. I feel generous when selling my art. -- Mark Kostabi
Everything that you are taking advantage of, inventing and using, is still a generation or two behind when it comes to the U.S. government. -- Hillary Clinton
By merely foreswearing violence and taking advantage of their unique position contiguous with the world's most creative people, the Palestinians could be rich and happy. -- George Gilder
When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again. -- Koren Zailckas
Turkey is taking advantage of the war in order to thoroughly liquidate its internal foes, i.e., the indigenous Christians, without being thereby disturbed by foreign intervention. -- Talaat Pasha
I'm all about working. I'm a really hard worker, and I'm taking advantage of all those different opportunities, on the music and acting side, because I love both. -- Diego Boneta
Improve your life by taking advantage of new technologies like bleach and a drinking glass. Show your love for the globe by reducing an overpopulated world by one. -- Jarod Kintz
It's too bad, but the way American people are, now that they have all this capability, instead of taking advantage of it, they'll probably just piss it all away. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
Go around asking a lot of dam fool questions and taking chances. Only through curiosity can we discover opportunities, and only by gambling can we take advantage of them. -- Clarence Birdseye
Probably any successful career has X number of breaks in it, and maybe the difference between successful people and those who aren't super achievers is taking advantage of those breaks. -- Joan Ganz Cooney
The fence and the boundary line are the symbols of the spirit of justice. They set the limits upon each man's interest to prevent one from taking advantage of the other. -- Reinhold Niebuhr
What we are doing is taking advantage of the broadband Internet to provide basically unlimited free calls to anyone at a higher voice quality than they can with the phone lines. -- Niklas Zennstrom
I am a psychologically disabled person and it's difficult for me to get and hold down a job. When I don't work people accuse me of being lazy, taking advantage of government money -- Rhonda Byrne
Paul Beatty for "The Sellout" sounds like a relevant story for our times. It's playful, uses deep thought and seems to be taking advantage of everything literature can do when tackling difficult issues. -- Sjon
Clay is moulded to make a vessel, but the utility of the vessel lies in the space where there is nothing. . . . Thus, taking advantage of what is, we recognize the utility of what is not. -- Laozi

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