#second

When I complete a novel I set it aside, and begin work on short stories, and eventually another long work. When I complete that novel I return to the earlier novel and rewrite much of it. In the meantime the second novel lies in a desk drawer. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#aside #begin #complete #desk #drawer

Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously. ↗

— William Odom

#leave #majority #over #polls #recent

After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#article #categorical #central #constitution #declare

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach. ↗

— Roger von Oech

#benefits #fail #failure #first #gives

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners who are better than you are. Third, leave them to go get on with it. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#better #creative #creative genius #first #genius

I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#country #home #i #now #second

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#anything #corners #cut #never #second-rate

If you're a woman and a guy's ever said anything romantic to you, he just left off the second part that would have made you sick if you could have heard it. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#could #ever #guy #heard #just

We kinda look at this as the second or third chapter of our lives. After college, most people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But we already know what we want to do in the future and that is to continue to further our business goals. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#already #business #chapter #college #continue

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit. ↗

— Candace Parker

#championship #credit #dad #dunk #first