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6250 Second quotes by 3939 unique authors

At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I had won many… — Oleg Cassini
My father was second-generation Chinese-American, born in 1923 in California. My mother emigrated to the States from China when she was in her early twenties,… — Tess Gerritsen
Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person. — Cass McCombs
We used to think that the enterprise was the hardest customer to satisfy, but we were wrong. It turns out, consumers are harder than the… — Eric Schmidt
I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A. — Ian Gomez
A lot of romantic comedies are just light romantic dramas, or the comedy comes off second-best. — Graeme Simsion
I had three influential teachers. The first was Uta Hagen. The second two, Bobby Lewis and my late husband, Charles Kakatsakis, were both from the… — June Squibb
On the day when two army corps may mutually annihilate each other in a second, probably all civilized nations will recoil with horror and disband… — Alfred Nobel
In a tradition second in wonderful absurdity only to 60-year-old baseball managers wearing uniforms and spikes in the dugout, golf spectators come dressed ready to… — Willie Geist
Arranged marriages are big business in the U.K. Second- and third-generation immigrant families, with no extended family structure, limited networks and religious restrictions on acceptable… — Jemima Khan
A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very acquainted with Western… — Jason Wu
My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
My marriage started to go badly wrong after I had my second son. — Amanda Eliasch
In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me. — Weili Dai
A man wants a woman who will place him at the top of his priority list, not second but first. He wants to be the… — Helen Andelin
Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People seem less status-conscious.… — Chuck Palahniuk
My only writing ritual is to shave my head bald between writing the first and second drafts of a book. If I can throw away… — Chuck Palahniuk
The perpetrators of the actual bad stuff that does real and lasting harm to people, like leakage of industrial chemicals into water systems, seem to… — Henry Rollins
I had a confused early hippie phase, which was like a cafeteria tray of sloppy, semi-Marxist thoughts, absorbed second-hand. — P.J. O'Rourke
The young athlete who aspires to greatness, generally speaking, learns a number of things from several different coaches. The first one taught him the fundamentals;… — Zig Ziglar
My impressions of the Russian Revolution can be divided into two periods. The first period was when I showed deep sympathy. My second period is… — Chiang Kai-shek
My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got… — Robert Osborne
My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles. — Warren Giles
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by… — Dalai Lama
I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

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