"Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don't do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you never get a chance again."

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Source : Aidan Chambers (2012). “Dying to Know You”, p.189, Abrams

Aidan Chambers

#Opportunity Quotes #Missing Quotes #Chance Quotes

“Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.”
“With more money brings more fear and when you're trying to be creative in a fear-based environment it's dangerous. Then decisions are made out of fear, not what's best for the film.”

Source : "Lake Bell enjoys juggling titles of actress, director". Interview with The Associated Press, www.azcentral.com. June 9, 2015.
“A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.”

Source : Naomi Wolf (2013). “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women”, p.187, Random House
“The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity.”
“Your dreams are your spirit, your soul, and without them you are dead.”
“I think everything should be governed by law. We don't want to keep secrets anymore.”
“Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.”
“The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.”

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