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Letter "S" » Second Thoughts
«America will tolerate the taking of a human life without giving it a second thought. But don't misuse a household pet.»
«If you can remember dreams of flying and soaring like a bird, or dancing, or singing more perfectly than you ever thought possible, you know that no second -hand accounts of such events could ever give you the thrill you felt in the dream»
«I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming that comes when you finish the life of the emotions and of personal relations; and suddenly find - at the age of fifty, say - that a whole new life has opened before you, filled with things you can think about, study, or read about...It is as if a fresh sap of ideas and thoughts was rising in you.»
Author: Agatha Christie
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Detective,
Novelist,
Playwright)
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Keywords:
age of,
blooming,
enjoyed,
finish,
fresh,
greatly,
opened,
personal relation,
Personal relations,
relations,
rising,
sap,
sapped,
sapping,
saps,
Second Coming,
Second Thoughts,
The Second Coming
«A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends»
Author: Cyril Connolly
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About:
Friends,
Laziness,
Talent,
Thought
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Keywords:
condemned,
lazy,
rate,
second person,
second rate,
second thought,
Second Thoughts,
talents
«I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.»
«Comics are capable of being anything the mind can imagine. I consider it a great privilege to be a cartoonist. I love my work, and I am grateful for the incredible forum I have to express my thoughts. People give me their attention for a few seconds every day, and I take that as an honor and a responsibility. I try to give readers the best strip I'm capable of doing.»
Author: Bill Watterson
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Author)
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Keywords:
cartoonist,
cartoonists,
comics,
comic strip,
Comic strips,
forum,
forums,
incredible,
my thoughts,
readers,
seconds,
Second Thoughts,
strip,
Take That
«Among mortals second thoughts are wisest»
«As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it»
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Lawyer,
Orator,
Scholar,
Statesman,
Writer)
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About:
Misery,
Past
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Keywords:
accomplishments,
almost all,
apparent,
deprives,
enjoyment,
fourth,
renders,
Second Thoughts,
the matter,
withdraws
«Here is the world, sound as a nut, perfect, not the smallest piece of chaos left, never a stitch nor an end, not a mark of haste, or botching, or second thought; but the theory of the world is a thing of shreds and patches»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist,
Lecturer,
Poet)
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About:
World
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Keywords:
botch,
botched,
botches,
botching,
haste,
Here is,
patches,
second thought,
Second Thoughts,
shred,
shredded,
shreds,
stitch,
stitched,
stitches,
stitching,
theory of
«Lady: I've been waiting for two days and so far, no one's gotten in yet [the doctor's office].Samantha: I was once told I wouldnt' be able to get backstage to see Mick Jagger. Well I did get backstage...and I blew him. [Silence] Excuse me... I don't know if this is an appropriate question to ask...Lady: I think we passed appropriate a few seconds ago. Samantha: What kind of cancer do you have?Lady: Breast. Samantha: Breast! Me too. I'm curious...Do you have children?Lady: I'm a nun. Samantha: You have none. Lady: No, no, no...I AM a nun. But that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy your Mick Jagger story. Samantha: I thought that nuns had to wear...Lady: Oh, I haven't worn a habbit in years. Samantha: So then...you don't have sex? Lady: No. Samantha: Never had sex?Lady: No. Samantha: Ohh. [thoughtful silence] Just one more. Lady: Go right ahead. Samantha: Are you allowed to masturbate?Lady: [thinking] I never asked. But thanks for getting my mind off cancer for the first time in a week. Samantha: Happy to help.»
Author: Sex and the City
(
TV series)
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Keywords:
appropriate,
backstage,
blew,
Cancer,
for the first time,
gotten,
have sex,
Jagger,
Just One,
masturbate,
Mick,
Mick Jagger,
nun,
Nuns,
pass off,
seconds,
Second Thoughts,
The Doctor,
thoughtful,
wear off,
worn