Quotes with second-order

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  • Burt Bacharach The music is the last thing I'm thinking about right now, in order of what's important.
    Burt Bacharach
    American composer, songwriter and pianist (1928 - 2023)
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  • Bob Beauprez The new discovery of a 3.3 billion barrel oil deposit off Norway's coast cements that nation's claim to being Europe's second largest oil producer.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Carlos Fuentes The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
    Carlos Fuentes
    Mexican novelist and essayist (1928 - 2012)
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  • Bradley A. Smith The next time you download a book on Kindle, buy a Michael Moore screed at Barnes & Noble, or order up a political movie from video on demand, remember that it is the Supreme Court's decision in 'Citizens United' that guarantees you the right to do so.
    Bradley A. Smith
    American law professor (1958 - )
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  • Ben Bradlee The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
    Ben Bradlee
    American journalist (1921 - 2014)
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  • Francis Lockier The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.
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  • Salman Rushdie The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of being in the arena of discourse, the place where the struggle of our languages can be acted out.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Jean Baudrillard The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Lyndon B. Johnson The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.
    Lyndon B. Johnson
    American president (1908 - 1973)
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  • Walter Lippmann The principles of the good society call for a concern with an order of being - which cannot be proved existentially to the sense organs - where it matters supremely that the human person is inviolable, that reason shall regulate the will, that truth shall prevail over error.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Arthur Henderson The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace?
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Joseph A. Schumpeter The question that is so clearly in many potential parents minds: ''Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old age?''
    Joseph A. Schumpeter
    Austrian-American economist (1883 - 1950)
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  • Bobby Jindal The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English.
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Ben Gibbard The second 'Postal Service' album is threatening to become the 'Chinese Democracy' of indie rock. It will come out eventually, or maybe it won't.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • Donald Trump The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Bruce Cockburn The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Isaac Bashevis Singer The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
    Polish Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1978) (1902 - 1991)
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  • Bjorn Lomborg The second thing is, if you want to do something about global warming, you have to think much more long-term. There is something wrong with saying we should start using renewables now, while they are still incredibly expensive.
    Bjorn Lomborg
    Danish author (1965 - )
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  • Beatrice Wood The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.
    Beatrice Wood
    American artist (1893 - 1998)
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