First Quotes
On beginnings, and what a 'first' really changes.
The quotes gathered here treat 'first' loosely: a rookie athlete crediting the teammates who set the tone early, a filmmaker's take on what should scare an audience right away, and a physicist weighing what can and can't be known first. If early relationships resonate, see our First Love.
Ukrainians use the term 'political technologist' as a favored synonym for electoral consultant. Trump turned to Manafort for what seemed at first a technical task: Manafort knows how to bullwhip and wheedle delegates at a contested convention.
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The first book advance I got was paid out in thirds. And over time, as I've had different deals, the advances get chopped up into ever-smaller parcels.
Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is of central import to the American experiment. As such it should feature prominently in U.S. foreign policy.
When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access.
I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
One of my first jobs was doing children's theater. I did it to get my union card.
It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.
When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment.
The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.
As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.
The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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One quote pushes past personal firsts into a civic claim about equal standing under the constitution, which broadens the theme beyond simple nostalgia. Related pages include First Impression and First Step.
