Quotes with second-order

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  • E. M. Cioran Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Jim Backus Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.
    Jim Backus
    American radio, television, film, and voice (1913 - 1989)
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  • Albert Einstein Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built on the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Douglas Jerrold Marriage is like wine. It is not be properly judged until the second glass.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Helen Rowland Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Paul Auster Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.
    Paul Auster
    American writer and film (1947 - )
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  • Candice Bergen Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
    Candice Bergen
    American actress (1946 - )
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  • Beau Willimon Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Basil Hume Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
    Basil Hume
    English Roman Catholic bishop (1923 - 1999)
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  • Golda Meir Moses took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil.
    New York Times 10-6-1973
    Golda Meir
    Prime Minister of Israel (1898 - 1978)
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  • Carter Burwell Most films I work on, the people making the film are constantly second-guessing the executives of the studio, the producer, and the audience. It is very hard to accomplish anything in that situation.
    Carter Burwell
    American composer of film scores (1954 - )
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  • William James Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • John Ruskin Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Woody Allen My brain: it's my second favorite organ.
    Sleeper (1973)
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Al Sharpton My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
    Al Sharpton
    American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and talk show host (1954 - )
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  • Angela Carter My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Robert Bresson My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.
    Robert Bresson
    French film director (1901 - 1999)
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  • Novalis My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
    Novalis
    German poet and writer (ps. van Georg van Hardenberg) (1772 - 1801)
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