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Quote by Mark Twain
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

It is nobler to be good, and it is nobler to teach others to be good — and less trouble! – Mark Twain

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Aristocracy
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It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. – Mark Twain

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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen. – Sidney Lumet

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Opportunity is often difficult to recognize; we usually expect it to beckon us with beepers and billboards. – William Arthur Ward

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An aging man cannot rewrite his youth but a youth may rewrite his own future. – Terri Guillemets

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The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy who are as ignorant of each others habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor. – Benjamin Disraeli

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There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats. – Elton John (b.1947)

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