Thirds Quotes - Page 37

• It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.

  Howard Nemerov

  Literature, May, Pages

  Howard Nemerov (1978). “Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays”

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• My suggestion is that we should first work to ensure the Third World has clean drinking water and sanitation.

  Bjorn Lomborg

  Drinking, Water, Suggestions

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

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• So it's mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.

  Bjorn Lomborg

  Overcoming, World, Helping

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

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• There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Intelligent, Appreciate, Intelligence

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• I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.

  Macklemore

  Sports, Baseball, School

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

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• It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Government, Two, America

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• Corporations, consumers, and citizens must begin acting in concert to create a powerful third pillar of social transformation if we hope to meet the social challenges we currently face with equal force. This begins with corporations that choose to alter how they practice capitalism in two ways to serve the greater good.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Powerful, Practice, Two

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• And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite.

  Miriam Makeba

  Country, Thinking, People

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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, Third Time

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

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• I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.

  Ewan McGregor

  Years, Firsts, Collars

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• Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

  James A. Michener

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  James A. Michener (2007). “Chesapeake”, p.278, Ballantine Books

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• The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

  A. A. Milne

  Happiness, Integrity, Thinking

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• Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.

  Ruth Ann Minner

  Certainty Of Death, Two, Add

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• When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.

  Joni Mitchell

  People, Accepting, Stage

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• On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Success, Effort, Degrees

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• It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.

  Roger Moore

  Luxury, Debt, World

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• I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.

  Van Morrison

  Stars, Rocks, Competition

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• A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

  John Lothrop Motley

  Gold, Force, Developing

  John Lothrop Motley (1856). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: In three volumes”, p.30

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• I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

  Ralph Nader

  Dad, Father, Party

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

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• I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school, Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist, who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome.

  Gary Numan

  Children, Home, School

  "Gary Numan: My family values". Interview with Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2012.

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• I was a fan of 'Six Feet Under' and was very sad when it ended, so I was not ready to switch my allegiance to another show. So I was like, 'I'm not watching this 'True Blood.'' Then a friend got a bootleg copy of the first four episodes, and by the third one, I was irrevocably hooked.

  Denis O'Hare

  Blood, Feet, Fans

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• The third man in the ring makes boxing possible.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Men, Boxing, Rings

  "On Boxing". Book by Joyce Carol Oates, 1987.

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• When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill.

  Barack Obama

  Moving On, Party, Independent

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• First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it.

  David Ogilvy

  Leadership, Creativity, Creative

  David Ogilvy (1978). “Blood, Brains and Beer”

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• When you are at the Olympic Games, it comes down to a ten thousandth of a hair between making the next round or winning a race or getting second or third.

  Apolo Ohno

  Winning, Hair, Race

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