#twice

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#becoming #country #dictatorship #during #family

I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#calendar #check #day #done #i

That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something. ↗

— Karl Urban

#being #big #danger #differently #each

I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#believe #chance #failure #giving #i

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. ↗

— Plato

#over #repeat #review #say #they say

He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over. ↗

— Beilby Porteus

#over #suffers #them #twice #who

I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#even #fluent #hebrew #i #once

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#after #bbc #been #capable #doctor

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#criticisms #heard #i #loudly #people

I just moved into the world of Xbox Live. And I've discovered that everyone on the Internet is a lot better than me. I spent half an hour the other day designing a boxer, and I got knocked out twice in the first round. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#boxer #day #designing #discovered #everyone