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“Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off”
African Proverb
“One that lies three thirds and uses a known truth to pass a thousand nothings with, should be once heard and thrice beaten.”
William Shakespeare
“The exchange rate between first-world lives and third-world lives in disaster stories in the media is about 50:1.”
Craig Bruce
“Taking the first footstep with a good thought the second with a good word and the third with a good deed I entered Paradise”
Zoroaster
“There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.”
Chuck Tanner
“What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's a waste of time.”
Chinua Achebe
“Sam Baldwin: [looking at a photograph] She looks like my third grade teacher, and I hated my third grade teacher...... wait a minute, she IS my third grade teacher!”
Sleepless in Seattle
“A lifetime contract for a coach means if you're ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can't fire you.”
Lou Holtz
“This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. . . . There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death.”
“I remember him. Short guy, moustache, played third base for Pittsburgh.”
Jackie Moore