Second Quotes

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The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds… — Hans Berger
If the history of the American sentence were a John Ford movie, its second act would conclude with the young Ernest Hemingway walking into a… — Adam Haslett
Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach – he was… — Michael Jordan
If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone… — Al-Ghazali
We live between two worlds; we soar in the atmosphere; we creep upon the soil; we have the aspirations of creators and the propensities of… — William Winwood Reade
Not only our eternal salvation depends upon our willingness and capacity to forgive wrongs committed against us. Our joy and satisfaction in this life, and… — Marion D. Hanks
First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In my… — Jake M. Johnson
In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not… — Jake M. Johnson
It's through working with a lot of first-time directors that I realized that people learn on their feet. Everybody works on something for a different… — Jess Weixler
For the first 50 years of your life the food industry is trying to make you fat. Then, the second 50 years, the pharmaceutical industry… — Pierre Dukan
I know acts and I'm not going to name names but these people sold ten million copies the first time and the second album sells… — Gerry Beckley
With the opening of the second decade of the twentieth century it seemed that the stage was set for the last act in an unquestioned… — Ralph Adams Cram
The Olympics were produced absolutely the same way from 1960 through 1988. It was always the Western World against the Eastern Bloc. You didn't even… — Dick Ebersol
My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts… — Claude Nicollier
Second issue is the rapidly accelerating increase in the number of vulnerabilities that get discovered every day. And, equally importantly, is the shortening of time… — John W. Thompson
Second point is no one here could predict or know that Israel was involved or started producing the hydrogen bomb - the most advanced and… — Mordechai Vanunu
I might say that when the settlement was made the Nixon administration issued what they called a second inflation alert in which the General Motors… — Leonard Woodcock
I got to fight every second, every minute and every round. — Rau'shee Warren
THE FIRST STEP in changing the future is Desire, that is, define your objective - know definitely what you want. SECOND: construct an event which… — Neville Goddard
The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign. — John O'Donohue
A good many times I have been present at gatherings of people who, by the standards of the traditional culture, are thought highly educated and… — Carrie P Snow
Davy was the type of all the jumped-up second-raters of all time. — Carrie P Snow
Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and pleasure second. — Theodore T. Munger
Sometimes change comes not in the first round, but at the second, third or fourth. Change starts with one person questioning, challenging, speaking up and… — Paul Kivel
Later in the day, a second verse became clear to my vision. It read: "Pray without ceasing." — Mary C. Neal

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