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“Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of someone else”
Judy Garland
“To have another language is to possess a second soul.”
Charlemagne
“Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.”
Candice Bergen
“For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”
Douglas Adams
“There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan”
C.S. Lewis
“You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left.”
Yogi Berra
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
Lao Tzu
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”
Confucius
“I would rather be first in a small village in Gaul than second in command in Rome”
Julius Caesar
“We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it”
Dave Barry
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