Third Quotes

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Two things significantly distinguish human beings from the other animals; an interest in the past and the possibility of language. Brought together they make a… — Jeanette Winterson
When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with… — Douglas Adams
About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be… — Carl Jung
I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you have ever… — Fred Rogers
Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years… — Will Rogers
On the sled, in the box, lay a third man whose toil was over, - a man whom the Wild had conquered and beaten down… — Jack London
Gazzy: "What does that mean?" (points to metal plaque warning to stay off the third rail that said Stay off the third rail!) Fang: "It… — James Patterson
Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the Godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs nor concerns itself… — Epictetus
It's June second, he told himself. Try to remember that. This is New York, and tomorrow will be June third. If all goes well, the… — Paul Auster
There is an old story from the Eastern tradition that says that when the gods created the universe, they found a place for everything but… — Stephen Kendrick
In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that… — David James Duncan
I meet a third man he's an old man he trips in the street he falls and I help him up, walk him to the… — James Frey
Cool is spent. Cool is empty. Cool is ex post facto. When advertisers and pundits hoard a word, you know it's time to retire from… — Rick Moody
Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice… — Harriet Beecher Stowe
My hand is very tired but I want to go on writing. I keep resting and thinking. All day I have been two people -… — Dodie Smith
Jenks enthusiastically leaned against the counter and opened the box. Bypassing the plastic knife, he broke off about a third of it and took a… — Kim Harrison
...Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative... — Yevgeny Zamyatin
Payton grinned. â€œYou must be Chase.â€ As she extended her hand in introduction, she took the opportunity to give him a more thorough once-over. He… — Julie James
A recent survey stated that the average person's greatest fear is having to give a speech in public. Somehow this ranked even higher than death… — Jerry Seinfeld
And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express. "Are they pursuing the first travelers?" demanded the little prince. "They are pursuing… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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