#vantage

If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers? ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#advantages #brothers #cambridge #daughter #educated

A decision by the Supreme Court to subject Guantanamo to judicial review would eliminate these advantages. ↗

— John Yoo

#court #decision #eliminate #guantanamo #judicial

I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#despite #every #fault #had #i

What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career. ↗

— Paul Getty

#been #business #business career #career #great

I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

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He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game. ↗

— David Gower

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I feel like I have a new life and I'm going to take full advantage of it. ↗

— William Green

#feel #full #going #i #i feel

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender. ↗

— Douglas Haig

#defender #defensive #disadvantages #further #initiative

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#because #before #confusing #fame #great

I do not believe that the colour of one's skin determines whether you are disadvantaged. ↗