Thirds Quotes - Page 12

• I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character.

  Guy Pearce

  Couple, Writing, Character

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• About two-thirds of the face of Marx is beard, a vast solemn wooly uneventful beard that must have made all normal exercise impossible. It is not the sort of beard that happens to a man, it is a beard cultivated, cherished, and thrust patriarchally upon the world.

  H. G. Wells

  Exercise, Men, Two

  H. G. Wells (2016). “H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Modern Utopia, A Short History of the World, What Is Coming, The Story of the Last Trump…”, p.6662, e-artnow

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• The brain upon which my experiences have been written is not a particularly good one. If their were brain-shows, as there are cat and dog shows, I doubt if it would get even a third class prize.

  H. G. Wells

  Dog, Cat, Class

  H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.16703, Delphi Classics

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• The third peculiarity of aerial warfare was that it was at once enormously destructive and entirely indecisive.

  H. G. Wells

  Warfare, Indecisive, Destructive

  H. G. Wells (2016). “H. G. WELLS Ultimate Collection: 120+ Science Fiction Classics, Novels & Stories; Including Scientific, Political and Historical Works: The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, Modern Utopia, A Short History of the World, What Is Coming, The Story of the Last Trump…”, p.4197, e-artnow

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• My mother taught me to read before I went to school, so I was pretty bored in school, and I turned into a little terror. You should have seen us in third grade. We basically destroyed our teacher. We would let snakes loose in the classroom and explode bombs.

  Steve Jobs

  Mother, Teacher, School

  "Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, reprints.longform.org. February 1985.

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• We are made of star stuff. For the most part, atoms heavier than hydrogen were created in the interiors of stars and then expelled into space to be incorporated into later stars. The Sun is probably a third generation star.

  Carl Sagan

  Stars, Space, Atoms

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• Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.... Prediction is the business of prophets, clairvoyants, and futurologists. It is not the business of novelists. A novelist's business is lying.... Open your eyes; listen, listen. That is what the novelists say. But they don't tell you what you will see and hear. All they can tell you is what they have seen and heard, in their time in this world, a third of it spent in sleep and dreaming, another third of it spent in telling lies.

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Dream, Lying, Sleep

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.8, Penguin

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• You go to the cinema and you realize you're watching the third act. There is no first or second act. There is this massive film-making where you spend this incredible amount of money and play right to the demographic. You can tell how much money the film is going to make by how it does on the first weekend. The whole culture is in the crap house. It's not just true in the movies, it's also true in the theater.

  Dustin Hoffman

  Weekend, Play, House

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

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• The third class of evils comprise those which everyone causes to himself by his own action. This is the largest class, and is far more numerous than the second class. It is especially of these evils that all men complain, - only few men are found that do not sin against themselves by this kind of evil. ...This class of evil originates in man's vices, such as excessive desire for eating, drinking, and love; indulgence in these things in undue measure, or in improper manner, or partaking of bad food. This course brings diseases and afflictions upon the body and soul alike.

  Maimonides

  Drinking, Men, Class

  "Guide for the Perplexed". Book by Maimonides, Ch.12, 1190.

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• Every child has a right to go to high school and end up with a third grade education.

  Pat Paulsen

  Children, School, Ends

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• An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history; conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Two, Office, House

  Remarks in House of Representatives, 15 Apr. 1970

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• I'm paying the third highest alimony and child support in the world. And the only two ahead of me are sheiks.

  Burt Reynolds

  Children, Two, Support

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

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• Meanwhile, the chemical industry has mounted an aggressive campaign to discredit organic food. And without the knowledge or consent of most Americans, two-thirds of the products on our supermarket shelves now contain genetically engineered ingredients.

  John Robbins

  Two, Ingredients, Campaigns

  John Robbins (2010). “The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World”, p.4, Conari Press

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• The most important sentence in any article is the first one. If it doesn't induce the reader to proceed to the second sentence, your article is dead. And if the second sentence doesn't induce him to continue to the third sentence, it's equally dead.

  William Zinsser

  Important, Firsts, Reader

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• I've worked hard with my body, just in case someone needs me to play third or short. I'm happy to go back to short, it's my natural position. I'm here to help and here to do whatever the manager wants me to do.

  Miguel Tejada

  Play, Needs, Body

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• Playing third base, you rarely have time to get into a great fielding position. It's all about reaction.

  Morgan Ensberg

  Reactions, Position

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• Law Number V: One-tenth of the participants produce over one-third of the output. Increasing the number of participants merely reduces the average output.

  Norman Ralph Augustine

  Average, Law, Numbers

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• Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems.

  Norman Ralph Augustine

  Numbers, Law, Two

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• I really like triples. You hardly ever see me stop at second. My goal is third and that's where I'm headed.

  Bobby Abreu

  Goal

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• If it's third-and-one, then I'm going in, no ifs or buts about.

  Brandon Jacobs

  Ifs

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• When I get to first base, I start thinking about third.

  Jose Reyes

  Thinking, Firsts

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• Liberty is of small value to the lower third of humanity. They greatly prefer security, which means protection by some class above them. They are always in favor of despots who promise to feed them. The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself.

  H. L. Mencken

  Mean, Men, Class

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.250, Knopf

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• Football is one-third offense, one-third defense, and one-third special teams.

  George Allen

  Football, Team, Special

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• People may like what third-party candidates say, because often they are the only ones saying anything, but they usually won't vote for someone who doesn't have a chance. Since third-party candidates are not in the news, they are considered to be not really in the race; and since they are not in the race, this justifies treating them as if they are not news.

  Michael Parenti

  Party, Race, People

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• Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It's not your way or my way; it's a better way, a higher way.

  Stephen Covey

  Winning, Alternatives, Way

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.255, Mango Media Inc.

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