"I have never squandered an opportunity to read."

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Source : Joe Queenan (2012). “One for the Books”, p.7, Penguin

Joe Queenan

#Opportunity Quotes

“The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.”

Source : Ameen Rihani (2016). “The Book of Khalid: A Critical Edition”, p.179, Syracuse University Press
“Thirty-five percent of all my dates were at the movies from 2013 to 2014.”
“I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy.”
“Do I personally believe in a personal God? No.”
“I worked with patience which means almost power.”
“I think all versions of limited-overs cricket have attracted more people to the game.”
“When you focus on problems, you get more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you have more opportunities.”

Source : FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Aug 12, 2014
“In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.”

Source : Tools for Conviviality ch. 3 (1973)

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