"We all have to learn, in one way or another, that neither men nor boys get second chances in this world. We all get new chances to the end of our lives, but not second chances in the same set of circumstances; and the great difference between one person and another is how he takes hold and uses his first chance, and how he takes his fall if it is scored against him."

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Source : Thomas Hughes (2017). “True Manliness”, p.69, Litres

Thomas Hughes

#Life Quotes #Fall Quotes #Learning Quotes

“My beauty routine is basically plenty of sleep and lots of water.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic, a replica of the Roman or Venetian republics. They didn't even like the etymology of the word "democracy."”
“I have some advantages of viewing from the two lenses, the two perspectives. I think that a lot of visual artists who come back here from the United States and are Cambodian also write from their American references - looking inside the old culture, and looking at themselves as an American looking into the country where they were born.”
“Nowadays I embrace it all/Beautiful ideals and amazing flaws.”

Source : Song: Letter To My Countrymen, Album: Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color, 2012
“I was so smart when I was a kid that I learnt that I was dumb fast.”
“When I got the red card all the Chelsea players come around. It felt like I had a lot of babies around me.”

Source : "Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Chelsea behaved 'like babies' over red card" by Marcus Christenson, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2015.
“Cars can have a hypnotic effect. You can get in a car and get out and not really remember the trip.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. September 16, 2011.
“Many men think they're playboys, but they invariably land wide of the mark. Surrounding yourself with champagne, fast friends, and paid escorts is the very definition of the word 'loser.'”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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