Third Time Quotes

• If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Time

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• Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Time, Powerful

  "The Alchemist". Book by Paulo Coelho, p. 184, 1998.

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• Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.

  Sarah Dessen

  Firsts, Sometimes, Charm

  Sarah Dessen (2009). “Along for the Ride”, p.260, Penguin

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• I do believe in love; it's wonderful - especially love third time around, it's even more precious; it's kind of amazing.

  Robin Williams

  Believe, Kind, Wonderful

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• First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

  Alethea Kontis

  Firsts, Flukes, Coincidence

  Alethea Kontis (2012). “Enchanted”, p.240, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.

  Virgil Thomson

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fear

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• If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

  Grace Hopper

  Workout, Law, People

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• The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.

  Harrison Ford

  Fake People, Lying, Sound

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• Coincidence doesn't happen a third time.

  Osamu Tezuka

  Coincidence, Thirds, Happens

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• The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.

  John C. Maxwell

  Firsts, First Time, Heard

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently”, p.161, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• First time it's a stranger. Second time its just a coincidence. Third time it's a tail

  Ally Carter

  Tails, Firsts, Coincidence

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• The first time you quit, it's hard. The second time, it gets easier. The third time, you don't even have to think about it.

  Bear Bryant

  Motivational, Sports, Believe

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• Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do

  William Zinsser

  Writing, Hard Work, People

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away; go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.

  William Shakespeare

  Lying, Good Luck, Numbers

  1597-8 Falstaff.TheMerryWives ofWindsor, act 5, sc.1, l.3-4.

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• If you play poorly one day, forget it.
  If you play poorly the next time out, review your fundamentals of grip, stance, aim and ball position. Most mistakes are made before the club is swung.
  If you play poorly for a third time in a row, go see your professional.

  Harvey Penick

  Mistake, Play, One Day

  Harvey Penick, Bud Shrake (2015). “The Wisdom of Harvey Penick”, p.46, Simon and Schuster

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• The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else.

  Clifford Stoll

  Engineering, Want, Firsts

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• I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.

  Vijender Singh

  Sports, Athlete, Important

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• Third time pays for all

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Pay, Thirds

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.124, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The Little Drummer Boy was playing in the background for what seemed like the third time in a row. I fought off an urge to beat that Little Drummer Boy senseless with his own drumsticks.

  Dana Reinhardt

  Christmas, Boys, Littles

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• The first time I lose I drink whiskey, second time I lose I drink gin. Third time I lose I drink anything 'cause I think I'm gonna win.

  Gram Parsons

  Winning, Thinking, Alcohol

  Song: Ooh Las Vegas, Album: Grievous Angel, 1974

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• I'm thrilled to be asked to host the Academy Awards for the second time because, as they say, the third time's a charm.

  Jon Stewart

  Awards, Host, Charm

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I write a very rough first draft of every chapter, then I rewrite every chapter. I try to get it down in the first rewrite, but some chapters I can't get quite right the third time. There are some I go over and over and over again.

  Robert Stone

  Writing, Trying, Firsts

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• It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Lying, Mean, Vices

  Thomas Jefferson, John Dewey (2008). “The Essential Jefferson”, p.81, Courier Corporation

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• Re-reading is much underrated. I've read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold once every five years since I was 15. I only started to understand it the third time.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Reading, Years, Spy

  "This much I know: Malcolm Gladwell" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2010.

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• As for a climactic conflict between a once-Christian West and an Islamic world that is growing in numbers and advancing inexorably into Europe for the third time in 14 centuries, on this one, Breivik may be right.

  Pat Buchanan

  Christian, Islamic, Numbers

  "A Fire Bell in the Night for Norway". Article by Patrick J. Buchanan, www.theamericanconservative.com. July 25, 2011.

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