Second Quotes

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When I walk with a camera, I walk from shot to shot, reading the light on a calibrated meter. When I walk without a camera,… — Annie Dillard
Disparagement of television is second only to watching television as an American pastime. — George Will
Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul. — Edwin Percy Whipple
There is not much difference between a mortal man and a dying man. The absurdity of making plans is only slightly more obvious in the… — Emile M. Cioran
The literary man? An indiscreet man, who devaluates his miseries, divulges them, tells them like so many beads: immodesty-the sideshow of second thoughts-is his rule;… — Emile M. Cioran
To treat of human actions is to deal wholly with second causes. — Herman Melville
Second violins can play a concerto perfectly if they're in their own home and nobody's there. — Garrison Keillor
Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge… — Alexander Pope
Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest. — Sylvester Stallone
It seems to be typical of life in America ... that the second generation has no time to talk to the first. — James A. Baldwin
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles
The best way to learn is live, in person, cooking, feeling, smelling and tasting, but TV is the second-best thing to that; it's a halfway… — Ted Allen
A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span. In… — John Steinbeck
Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best. — Iris Murdoch
A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal of… — Henri Frederic Amiel
I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city. — John Green
The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control. — David Allen
In a city a man may feel second to none. But alone in the immensity of the universe, among all the creatures that preceded man… — Thor Heyerdahl
I used to break a lot of clubs. I probably was a little different than your average junior player. I did have a lot longer… — Fred Couples
If a man is going to leave one wife to marry another, it's better if he divorces the first before he marries the second. — Joseph Heller

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