Second Quotes

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All things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation. The physical creation follows the mental, just as a… — Stephen Covey
The future success of the Marine Corps depends on two factors: first, an efficient performance of all duties to which its officers and men may… — John A. Lejeune
I served in all commissioned ranks from second lieutenant to major general. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high-class… — Smedley Butler
Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was a pillar of… — Tom Peters
To throw in a fair game at Hazards only three-spots, when something great is at stake, or some business is the hazard, is a natural… — Gerolamo Cardano
Every second we choose to nourish ourselves in a way that supports or depletes our lives, and to think and speak about other people in… — Gregg Braden
In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time. The first is as rigid and metallic as a… — Alan Lightman
Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision… — Neale Donald Walsch
Lucky accidents seldom happen to writers who don't work. You will find that you may rewrite and rewrite a poem and it never seems quite… — Richard Hugo
Software: These programs give instruction to the CPU, which processes billions of tiny facts called bytes, and within a fraction of a second it sends… — Dave Barry
A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It comes as second nature to men to sacrifice themselves, and their women to let them do it. — Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace. — Eddie Bernice Johnson
Impulses of intelligence constantly create the body in new forms every second. — Deepak Chopra
The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time. — William Tyler
We were massive underdogs at the beginning of the competition and I'll put my hands up say and I didn't think we were going to… — Steven Gerrard
When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings. — Sydney J. Harris
They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine… — Herodotus
In 1986, our commencement speaker was George Schultz, secretary of state, fourth in line to the president. You get me-basic cable's second most popular fake… — Stephen Colbert
In the first place a philosophical proposition must be general. It must not deal specially with things on the surface of the earth, or within… — Bertrand Russell

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