Second place

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There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best.

Doris Lessing

The Golden Notebook

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Topic

Second place Delusion Compromise

Author

Doris Lessing

Source

The Golden Notebook

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lessing, Doris. The Golden Notebook. Michael Joseph, 1962.

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Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals.

Buzz Aldrin

Read this interview at Vanity Fair

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Topic

Second place Winning

Speaker

Buzz Aldrin

Source

Vanity Fair

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Aldrin, Buzz. "Buzz Aldrin Is Not All That Impressed With Walking on the Moon." Interviewed by Eric Spitznagel. Vanity Fair, 25 June 2010.

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I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Doing one's best Second place Self-improvement

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 39.

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The only ones who remember when you came in second are your wife and your dog.

Damon Hill

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Topic

Winning and losing Second place Losing

Author

Damon Hill

Source

The Sunday Times

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Hill, Damon. The Sunday Times. 18 Dec. 1994.