Second Chance Quotes - Page 9

• It certainly is gravy every day above ground right now, after kicking that heroin habit. I've been given a second chance in life, and I don't want to let a minute go by without enjoying it.

  Al Jourgensen

  Kicking, Want, Heroin

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• One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Mind, Stories, Mark

  "Of Opinions". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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• When I heard about the first Tomb Raider, I was very interested and I would have liked to have directed that. When I was approached for the second film, I was delighted.

  Jan de Bont

  Firsts, Film, Raiders

  "Jan De Bont Discusses Tomb Raider 2" By Steve Head, www.ign.com. March 12, 2003.

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• I took five years on the first volume, five years on the second volume, and ten years on the third volume.

  Shelby Foote

  Years, Firsts, Volume

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• The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.

  Jean-Jacques Annaud

  Art, Language, Motion Pictures

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• Tourism is our second biggest industry in terms of the people it employs.

  Ed Rendell

  People, Tourism, Term

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• To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Marriage, Girl, Men

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2015). “Wifes And Daughters”, p.76, Elizabeth Gaskell

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• I am single for two reasons. First, I don't date girls who watch Real World because they already think they know me. Second, a lot of girls look at me as the slutty seven.

  Steven Hill

  Girl, Real, Thinking

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• We are the second oldest state in the Union because too many of our young people are leaving Pennsylvania. They are leaving Pennsylvania behind for opportunities elsewhere.

  Ed Rendell

  Opportunity, People, Leaving

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• I have become convinced that God thoroughly enjoys fixing and saving things that are broken. That means that no matter how hurt and defeated you feel, no matter how badly you have been damaged, God can repair you. God can give anyone a second chance.

  Melody Carlson

  Hurt, Mean, Defeated You

  Melody Carlson (2014). “Damaged: A Violated Trust”, p.99, Tyndale House

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• Sometimes people can't see past us to hear our message. We never have a second chance to leave a first impression.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Past, People, First Impression

  Charles R. Swindoll (2005). “Day by Day with Charles Swindoll”, p.107, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Writing gave me a second chance - not to change things, but to savor them. That is a great gift.

  Doris McCarthy

  Writing, Chance, Great Gifts

  Doris McCarthy (2006). “Doris McCarthy: My Life”, p.9, Second Story Press

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• Across our country, social enterprise partnerships between the public and private sectors are providing millions of Americans - young and old - a second chance.

  George R. Roberts

  Country, Partnership, Social

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• But it takes so little to help people, and people really do help each other, even people with very little themselves. And it’s not just about second chances. Most people deserve an endless number of chances.

  Will Schwalbe

  Numbers, People, Littles

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• Be willing to give people a second chance. You'd be surprised how well people respond to another opportunity to succeed.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Bodybuilding, Opportunity

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• The world of WONDERLAND is authentic, vibrant, and genuine. Stacey D’Erasmo explores the delight and terror of second chances. A great read!

  Michael Stipe

  Wonderland, Delight, World

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• Life sometimes gives you a second chance.

  Maya Angelou

  Giving, Sometimes, I've Learned

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• You have risen with all power in Your hands. You have given me a second chance. Hallelujah, hallelujah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m not going back, I’m moving ahead. Here to declare to You my past is over in You. All things are made new, surrendered my life to Christ. I’m moving, moving forward.

  Israel Houghton

  Moving, Past, Hands

  Song: Moving Forward, Album: The Power of One, 2009

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• I did a lot of bad stuff from the age of 18 to 21. Those are days when everyone is usually in college doing a lot of stupid things. But since I was playing baseball, I was in the spotlight. I take full responsibility for doing things that I shouldn't have been doing. And I appreciate the second chance that the Twins are giving me.

  Delmon Young

  Baseball, Stupid, Responsibility

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• A second chance doesn't mean anything if you haven't learned from your first mistake.

  Zig Ziglar

  Mistake, Mean, Firsts

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Apr 12, 2014

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• You always have a second chance, as long as you believe you do and you try again, and stay positive and persistent and consistent.

  Urijah Faber

  Believe, Mma, Long

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• Everyone makes mistakes and everyone deserves a second chance.

  Mo'ne Davis

  Mistake, Deserve, Making Mistakes

  "How ESPN's Britt McHenry could have responded" by Kelly Wallace, www.cnn.com. April 18, 2015.

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• Like everyone else in this world, I have had struggles. There's disappointment and obstacles in everybody's life. I feel like I was writing 'Second Chance' not just for myself, but also for the people who have struggled.

  El DeBarge

  Disappointment, Struggle, Writing

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• This is so classic. Government comes along under the guise of fairness, fixes something, gonna make it fair, gonna make it equal, gonna make it affordable, maybe even make it free. What they end up doing is blowing it all to hell, screwing it up worse than it's ever been screwed up, then their voters bellyache and complain about it. And the same Democrats come back and demand that something be done, because their voters need a second chance.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Government, Done, Demand

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• In Japan, usually, once you become prime minister, you do not have a second chance. Probably the reason why that was not the case this time is because Japan is facing an increasingly challenging situation.

  Shinzo Abe

  Japan, Challenges, Reason Why

  "Interview with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe". www.washingtonpost.com. February 20, 2013.

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