"Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life."

-- Dick Pound

#Opportunity Quotes #Defining Moments Quotes #Arise Quotes

“As financial market players know, advantage comes from reacting to news first. The same thing is true for all companies. When you start the conversation, you are recognised as someone who is plugged into the marketplace of ideas. If you talk about an idea early, you naturally get more exposure because the threads of conversation stem from what you have said. If you're in late you get lost in the cacophony.”
“You can change. You can be more than you are.”
“I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know that my books have unlimited patience. They will wait for me till the end of my days.”

Source : Alberto Manguel (2011). “The Library at Night”, p.237, Vintage Canada
“Father says it will come in time. â€œTime heals,â€ he says. I donâ€™t tell him that I donâ€™t know what time is.”

Source : Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.7, Macmillan
“I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.”
“I first emailed Tao Lin a story I wrote about the experience of losing my virginity sometime in April 2011. He didn't respond until it was later published on Thought Catalog, after which he sent me an email that said something very similar to, "I enjoyed reading this on Thought Catalog. Good job."”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“My daughter is my passion and my life.”

Source : Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2011.
“You always see actors complaining about being typecast and ruining their career. Really, I don't see the point in complaining. If the only role you can play well is a black dude, you're never going to get ahead in this town, and you should just accept it.”

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