Three Times Quotes

• And those who say, "I'll try anything once," often try nothing twice, three times, arriving late at the gate of dreams worth dying for.

  Carl Sandburg

  Dream, Dying, Trying

  Carl Sandburg (1978). “Breathing Tokens”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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• I happen to be a three-time former WWF Champion and a hardcore legend, and I never had my own dressing room.

  Mick Foley

  Wrestling, Champion, Three

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• I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.

  Carrie Fisher

  Bipolar, Being Free, Three

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• Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly, you don't really hear about this hidden crisis through the morning news, Twitter or headlines of major newspapers.

  Cat Cora

  Morning, Children, Three

  "A Recipe for Fighting Child Malnutrition" by Cat Cora, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.

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• I'm obsessed with cleanliness for myself, so I will take a bath three times a day, sometimes a steam twice a day in addition to that.

  Simon Cowell

  Three, Baths, Sometimes

  "How Simon Cowell Unwinds (and Stays Clean!) at Home". Interview with Liz Raftery and Blaine Zuckerman, people.com. September 30, 2011.

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• I try to go to the gym three times a week. And I have to watch what I eat. I'm a normal person.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Trying, Watches, Three

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• In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.

  Larry David

  Army, Years, Class

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• Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.

  Bette Davis

  Successful, Peculiar, Three

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• Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

  Ian Fleming

  Witty, Humorous, Destiny

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• Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to grow up in poverty, to suffer in school, and to have health and behavioral problems.

  Tony Dungy

  Children, Growing Up, Dad

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• I wouldn't say I was grumpy. It's more pathological - I have seismic tantrums. I get red in the face and cry at least three times a week, and I have to lie down and have a nap afterwards.

  Jenny Eclair

  Lying, Naps, Red

  "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. December 6, 2008.

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• We went with the St. Lawrence Experience, which is run by Joe Babbitt, who is a close friend now. We went out there for 10 days and we had the best week of our lives, and we've been going back since. We've been back three times now.

  Tom Felton

  Best Friend, Running, Three

  "Tom Felton Talks About Reading, Collecting, and Being Draco". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com.

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• People see me on TV two and three times a day, and see me cooking all these wonderfully Southern, fattening dishes. That's only 30 days out of 365. And it's for entertainment.

  Paula Deen

  Two, People, Southern

  "Paula Deen's Comeuppance?" by Michael Y. Park, www.epicurious.com. January 18, 2012.

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• Doing 20 minutes of stretching, light weights and floor exercises three times a week takes the same amount of time as a long coffee break - and eating a tuna fish salad, sardines on toast or scrambled eggs is surely preferable to a Big Mac or KFC.

  Joan Collins

  Coffee, Exercise, Tuna Fish

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• I was arrested three times and tortured once.

  Paulo Coelho

  Three, Arrested

  "Paulo Coelho: 'Today we are proud of being Brazilians'". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. August 31, 2010.

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• A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

  Funny, Loyalty, Dog

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• A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

  Robert Benchley

  Dog, Perseverance, Lying

  Robert Benchley (1976). “Chips Off the Old Benchley”, Amereon Limited

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• Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.

  Ingrid Bergman

  Three, Reason, Enough

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• Book tours are really kind of fun. You get to stay in nice hotels, you are driven everywhere in big silver cars, you are treated as if you are much more important than you are, you can eat steak three times a day at someone else's expense, and you get to talk endlessly about yourself for weeks at a stretch.

  Bill Bryson

  Fun, Nice, Book

  Bill Bryson (2010). “Notes From A Big Country: Journey Into the American Dream”, p.262, Random House

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• There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells for three times its long-run average. The large western oil companies, which cartellised the industry for much of the 20th century, are now selling more oil than they find, and are thus in the throes of liquidation.

  James Buchan

  Birthday, Running, Average

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• I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.

  Bear Grylls

  Men, Three, Survivor

  "Question time". Interview with Patrick Barkham, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2008.

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• I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys.

  Drew Carey

  Two, Guy, Cleveland

  "Drew Carey remembers when The Tonight Show really meant something". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2012.

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• The only thing left that shows I was a heart patient is I have a scar down the middle of my chest where they went in three times to do open heart surgery. I have a brand new heart inside, and all the mechanical and electronic gear and so forth is all gone.

  Dick Cheney

  Heart, Three, Gone

  "Exclusive: Dick Cheney opens up about heart disease battle in new book". "Hannity" with Seah Hannity, www.foxnews.com. October 21, 2013.

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• My wife and I tried two or three times in the last 40 years to have breakfast together, but it was so disagreeable we had to stop.

  Winston Churchill

  Food, Years, Two

  Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' which blew the top of my head straight off. I've read it three times, and I'm still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Years, Trying, Together

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