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Self-awareness of one's faults, far from being the first step to growth, is very often the second foot in the mud. — Bauvard

He was smart, but he had to be smarter. No points for second place. — Kenneth Eade

You get NOWT for being second. — Don Revie

His second ... must give him the pleasantest proof of its being a great deal better to choose than to be chosen, to excite gratitude than to feel it. — Jane Austen

A good friend stands in harm's way for you the second you ask
but a great friend does it without being asked at all. — Ian Caldwell

I'm saying that some men are saints. Some are happy being meek and humble and unambitious. Some men are born content to be second-best. — James Clavell

I don't believe in being broken beyond repair. I believe in second chances. — Jillian Lauren

My first world is humanity. My second world is humanism. And, I live in the third world being merely a human. — Santosh Kalwar

Mr Newton, a fellow of our College, and very young, being but the second year master of arts; but of an extraordinary genius and proficiency. — Isaac Barrow

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

In climbing, there was always a fraction of a second between the security of being locked in and the freedom of an actual rappel. — Paul Aertker

I don't like the phrase having it all. It implies we're being greedy, like "have a second piece of pie." — Kirsten Gillibrand

The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad. — Criss Jami

Garments are our second skin, and the truer of the two for being the one we choose. — A.E. Marling

If you want to know the value of a second, ask the person who just crossed the road at the wrong time and barely escaped being hit by a speeding car. — Sunday Adelaja

There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks! — Tamar Braxton

I think being a woman is like being Irish ... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time. — Iris Murdoch

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem. — Julius Erving

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control. — David Allen

I stay where I am for just one second longer, for one second reveling in the feeling of being held, touched with tenderness, even if it isn't real. — Cindy C. Bennett

The human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily. — Jose Saramago

The greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are, The second greatest is being happy with what you find. — Auliq Ice

I was always more interested in being a woman first and an advertising person second. — Shirley Polykoff

If my parents had made love a tenth of a second earlier or later, I wouldn't exist. What an enormous miracle, just being given life. — Warren Farrell

The second attention is the occult side of the being. It is the ability to manipulate others, be it for good or ill intent. — Frederick Lenz

I understand we're on our way to being a Third World country. Could we just stop at 'Second World' before we get there? — Bill Maher

If we try to emulate the leadership style of others we perceive as successful, we end up being second-rate versions of someone else. — Henna Inam

The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. — Robert Fisk

Like the one-sentence paragraph, the second-person point of view can also make us suspect that style is being used as a substitute for content. — Francine Prose

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it. — Ray Kroc

Taking without being taken in the anguish of becoming prey is the dangerous game of adolescent feminine sexuality. — Simone De Beauvoir

People go on about the first time being important, but it's the second time that really matters. Or the second person, anyway. — Nick Hornby