Quotes with second-greatest

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  • Caitlyn Marie Jenner I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.
    Caitlyn Marie Jenner
    American television personality and decathlete (born Bruce Jenner)
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  • Harry S. Truman I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: ''Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.'' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington I always say that, next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
    Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
    Irish military leader and statesman, defeated Napoleon (1769 - 1852)
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  • James Baldwin I am certainly convinced that it is one of the greatest impulses of mankind to arrive at something higher than a natural state.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Alvin Adams I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission.
    Alvin Adams
    American businessman (1804 - 1877)
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  • Anne Perry I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.
    Anne Perry
    English author (1938 - )
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  • Muhammad Ali I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Muhammad Ali I am the greatest. Not only do I knock em out, I pick the round!
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Ace Frehley I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Virginia Satir I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.
    Virginia Satir
    American psychologist (1916 - 1988)
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  • Babe Ruth I copied Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter.
    On Shoeless Joe Jackson, as quoted in Joe Jackson: A Biography (2004) by Kelly Boyer Sagert
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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  • Captain J. G. Stedman I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization.
    Captain J. G. Stedman
    British soldiar, writer, artist (1744 - 1797)
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  • Jonas Edward Salk I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
    Jonas Edward Salk
    American medical researcher and virologist (1914 - 1995)
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  • Muhammad Ali I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Vince Lombardi I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
    Vince Lombardi
    American football player (1913 - 1970)
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  • Woodrow Wilson I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Wernher von Braun I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution.
    Wernher von Braun
    German-American rocket scientist and scientist (1912 - 1977)
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  • Josh Billings I have lived in the world just long enough to look carefully the second time into those things that I am most certain of the first time.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Josh Billings I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most certain of the first time.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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