#advantage

The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity. ↗

— Campbell Scott

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I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

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American presidents always avoid shaking hands with brutal dictators, except when it's advantageous to do so. ↗

— Elizabeth A. Sherman

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I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

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The advantage that hospitals have over other institutions is that hospitals are community-based. You can't outsource your work; you can't move your emergency department to Pakistan. ↗

— Mark Shields

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Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together. ↗

— Chad Smith

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One of the advantages of appearing in such a play is that you begin to understand it properly, I feel Ophelia's tragedy was that she had been so used by everybody and felt that she bore a great burden of guilt. ↗

— Lalla Ward

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I don't care about wealth. What seems to be upsetting is institutionalizing the advantages that wealth gives you. ↗

— Jon Stewart

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Scientists are human, they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process. ↗

— Cyril Ponnamperuma

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