“The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.”
As quoted in The Jerusalem Post (18 November 2002) http://www.factsofisrael.com/blog/archives/000491.html; often misquoted as "Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." The quote is attributed to Abba Eban after the Geneva Peace Conference http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/geneva.html with Arab countries (21 December 1973).
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Israeli diplomat and politician 1915–2002Related quotes

A King's Story http://books.google.com/books?id=D2a1AAAAIAAJ&q=%22only+two+rules+really+count+never+miss+an+opportunity+to+relieve+yourself+never+miss+a+chance+to+sit+down+and+rest+your+feet%22&pg=PA132#v=onepage (1951)

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“I've learned…. That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.”

“I hoped we never had to realize all the opportunities we missed in this life.”
Source: The Year of Pleasures
“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.”
Source: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay