Robert Shaw
Conductor, Musician
"Success lasts only three seconds. After that you're the same as you were before you had it."
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Seconds
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Cat Stevens
Singer-songwriter
"So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out."
Murray Walker
Motorsport Commentator
"Just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell. Call it 9.5 seconds in round numbers."
Gore Vidal
Writer, Essayist, Playwright
"The problem with most Americans is that they don't like any question that takes more than ten seconds to answer."
Douglas Adams
Writer, Humorist
"That was it. That was really it. She knew that she had told herself that that was it only seconds earlier, but this was now the final real ulimate it."
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"I can put up a blog in 10 seconds."
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"We really can say no in 10 seconds or so to 90%+ of all the things that come along simply because we have these filters."
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"The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it."
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"And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever."
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