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Quotes About Thirty seconds

There is literally no such thing as an idea that cannot be expressed well and articulately to today's voters in thirty seconds.
~ Dick Morris
We almost made it to thirty seconds without an insult. I think we set a new record.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon, Acheron
When I speak in casual conversation, I try to start a mental clock in my head. I actually learned this from Marty Nemko, a San Francisco career coach. He told me, "For the first thirty seconds after you start talking, imagine a green light in your head. After thirty seconds the light turns yellow. At sixty seconds, it's red." That's a good piece of advice for most any conversational situation. It takes some mental energy to monitor myself, but it works.
~ John Elder Robison
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place on October 26, 1881. It took about thirty seconds to write a chapter in American history that will never be forgotten.
~ Bill O'Reilly
In thirty seconds you will wake up, said Aziraphale, to the entranced ex-nun. And you will have had a lovely dream about whatever you like best, and— Yes, yes, fine, sighed Crowley. Now can we go?
~ Terry Pratchett
As they sat, Kathy de Bourgh smiled and said, "Now that we've both apologized within the first thirty seconds of our conversation about women and power, shall we begin?
~ Curtis Sittenfeld