Third Quotes
1961 quotes by 1550 authors
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We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts…
— Susan Cain
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Julie was an issue riding on an issue and using a third issue for a whip.
— Ilona Andrews
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Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.
— Julian of Norwich
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We was half stupid, a third lucky, and three-quarters ferocious.
— Charlie Higson
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These illustrations suggest four general maxims[...]. The first is: remember that your motives are not always as altruistic as they seem to yourself. The second…
— Bertrand Russell
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First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail
— Ally Carter
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Psychologists usually offer three explanations for the failure of group brainstorming. The first is social loafing: in a group, some individuals tend to sit back…
— Susan Cain
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Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men…
— Audre Lorde
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First rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don’t talk about Teach Kane a Lesson. Second rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don’t talk…
— Gena Showalter
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This is the most profound spiritual truth I know: that even when we're most sure that love can't conquer all, it seems to anyway. It…
— Anne Lamott
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The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found the strength to…
— David Levithan
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Advice for a human. 81. You can't find happiness looking for the meaning of life. Meaning is only the third most important thing. It comes…
— Matt Haig
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It's Russell Montgomery the Third, actually," said Rusty, still grinning. "But I'd be obliged if you keep that bit of information to yourself." "I don't…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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It could kill you," Maura said. Then there was the awkward moment that arrives when two thirds of the people in the room know that…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.
— Brandon Sanderson
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One third of the people of the world are asleep at any given moment. The other two thirds are awake and probably stirring up trouble…
— Dean Rusk
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First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods.…
— Aristotle
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The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
— Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each of us, recording whether in our brief span of…
— John F. Kennedy
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This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being faithful to truth…
— James Freeman Clarke
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