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.
To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.
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I write my novels in English first; then they are translated into Turkish by professional translators. Then I take their translation and rewrite. So basically, I write the same novel twice.
It's just assumed that a horror sequel is going to be bad. It's never going to be as good as the first one.
Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.
And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable.
The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.
A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.
After filming the first season of 'Poldark,' I went with the cast on a trip to Iceland. We started off in Reykjavik and then went into the mountains and swam in naturally heated pools.
The first thing I started collecting was stamps. Until I started discovering girls. That was the end of stamps.
The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.
I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language.
I'm the first secretary of labor in the 21st century, and the competitiveness of the American work force and the modernization of decades-old regulations have been among our top priorities.
My first port of call was Los Angeles. That's where I laid my first foot on America.
Americans did not suffer alone. World trade overall fell two-thirds in the first few years of the Depression.
The first intifada, I was then commander of Central Command, commanding the West Bank, basically. And I know to what extent the first intifada was a popular uprising.
Saddam Hussein has set an example of defiance, especially against the first President Bush, that other Arab leaders cannot and should not emulate; the example leads only to empty gestures and developmental stagnation, both of which the Arab nations have...
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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.
