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"Surrender your forces and give yourselves and your troops the opportunity to be a part of Iraq's future and not a part of Iraq's past."

"It may be that you've just missed a great opportunity that should have been your turning point towards the direction of greatness. What next? Go into your closet and learn your lessons; "opportunity missed may not be regained, but new opportunity can be recreated with the will that have to work harder!"

"When the boat is waiting for you, when the rows are waiting for you, when the calm sea is waiting for you, when the sun is waiting for you, when everything is ready to help you to move forward, be there or those who wait will go away!"

"If you cannot find the distinctive opportunities you want, you can create the distinctive opportunities you want but you can't find!"

"Everyone has their own calling, but not everyone is looking for the phone, or either they missed the call, or just not answered it."

"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."

"Most people miss an opportunity because they fear to knock on the door."

"Luck appears when you are working towards it, not looking for it."

"When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?"

"When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins."
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"I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'"


"I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years."


"Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money."


"I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill."
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