Thirds Quotes

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As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments;… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Let me say it openly: we are surrounded by an enterprise of degradation, cruelty, and killing which rivals anything the Third Reich was capable of,… — J M Coetzee
I look at my sons' little faces, and I want to be their superhero. I don't want them to have to look outside to a… — Lashinda Demus
The conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for… — John of the Cross
But you don't do it. Because guys like us, Red, we know there's a third choice. An alternative to staying simon-pure or bathing in the… — Stephen King
Since I was forty and definitely slipping, I have won seven full marathons, got second six times, and third four times.... I'm wondering what I… — Clarence DeMar
Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on the third, and… — Harry Golombek
By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution. — Benjamin Franklin
Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy… — Seth Godin
If heads of states fail to seize the opportunity of our entry into the third millennium to provide for a better government of planet Earth,… — Robert Muller
Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder… — Peter Benenson
If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse… — David Korten
My advice to girls: first, don't smoke - to excess; second, don't drink - to excess; third, don't marry - to excess. — Mark Twain
Her capacity for family affection is extraordinary. When her third husband died, her hair turned quite gold from grief. — Oscar Wilde
The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict. — W. Somerset Maugham
I've seen a lot of real out-of-line attitudes since I have been in the WWF and those people are still there or are getting a… — Jerry Lawler
I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume. — Shelby Foote
All great movements, it is written, go through three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. It is the realisation of this third stage, adoption, that requires our… — Tom Regan
I don't know what weapons will be used in the Third World War. But I can tell you what they'll use in the Fourth -… — Albert Einstein
I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of customers and shareholders. — Richard Branson
First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction… — Anita Roddick
Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***. — David Mamet
If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act. — Billy Wilder
The difference between being a winner and being a loser is how you pick yourself up again, especially when you're down for the third or… — Unknown Author
In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and my… — Edward John Trelawny

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