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.
I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.
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'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that.
I first was introduced to really, I guess, underground electronic music when I was in middle school.
My collaborations tend to be pretty organic. It starts off with me being a fan first.
Christopher Hitchens and I were not friends or even acquaintances. We never met or spoke on the phone, just exchanged occasional brief letters - notes, really - hand-written and snail-mailed at first, e-mailed later.
I have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
Cuba came to be the last country to get rid of Spanish colonialism and the first to shake off the heinous imperialist tutelage.
Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.
When I first broke in, I wanted to be the best technical wrestler on the planet.
At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when...
The secrets of small towns have fascinated writers and readers since the first psychological thriller was penned.
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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.
