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The main ingredient of the first quantum revolution, wave-particle duality, has led to inventions such as the transistor and the laser that are at the root of the information society.
In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.
The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.
The very first pharmaceutical commercial I ever heard was 15 seconds of the product and 45 seconds of side effects, so I know that this cannot be good for you.
Carl Yastrzemski was the best all-around player. He could run, throw and hit. He had the ability to play a number of different positions. He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.
In my first remarks as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to the agency's terrific staff, I stressed that one of my top priorities would be to close the digital divide - the gap between those who use cutting-edge communications services and those who do not.
I don't remember the very first animation I saw, but the one that stays deepest in my memory is definitely 'Astro Boy.'
My first film was a failure. I had many failures too. It's not easy dealing with it.
I got promoted to co-anchor of the early-morning show 'Fox & Friends First' in 2013.
I felt that I should become a film actress first, and then come back to serials and earn good remuneration from it.
Egypt had the first constitution in the Middle East that allowed for liberty. And it had democracy.
When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500.
If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.
I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there.
For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
When I was 15 I became a full-time singer in a band. At 18 I made my first record.
When I first started modelling, as I was walking down the catwalk I just thought, 'Please don't fall over, please don't fall over, please don't fall over!'
I understand how a first impression is often just that: a quick snapshot that, on its own merit, is meaningless.
Consider in 1945, when the United Nations was first formed, there were something like fifty-one original member countries. Now the United Nations is made up of 193 nations, but it follows the same structure in which five nations control it. It's an anti-democratic structure.
My views of the missionary object are, indeed, different from what they were when I was first set on fire by Buchanan's 'Star in the East' six years ago. But it does not always happen that a closer acquaintance with an object diminishes our attachment and preference.
Ah-rah-han, the first Buddhist apostle of Burma, under the patronage of King Anan-ra-tha-men-zan, disseminated the doctrines of atheism and taught his disciples to pant after annihilation as the supreme good.
I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.
When I won the first world title in 2011 I was practising six, seven or even more hours a day.
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
Heartbreak can definitely give you a deeper sensibility for writing songs. I drew on a lot of heartbreak when I was writing my first album, I didn't mean to but I just did.
My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.
My mother is a Chitrapur Saraswat from Mangalore and half-Telugu, and my father is a Bohri Muslim. My mother's father, J Rameshwar Rao, was the Raja of Wanaparthy, a principality of Hyderabad. He was influenced by the socialist movement and became the first Raja to give up his title.
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters. This was a unique situation.
I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me when I told them I was in the middle of my first book.
A lot of times you don't see that, doesn't matter when they're drafted, first round or not. You usually don't see guys come in and wow you.
NFL Europe helped me quite a bit. It was a situation where I came out of college and spent the first few months of my career over in Europe.
The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.
Playing Batman is an actor's challenge. First, it's different; then, you have to reach a multi-level audience. The kids take it straight, but for adults, we have to project it further.
I'm a footballer first and foremost and I want to be remembered for what I do on the pitch.
My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?'
First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.
WeWork is my fifth venture. I failed in my first, second and third, had mediocre success in the fourth.
Film directing has perfected my theater directing. I think when I first started directing, a lot of my stuff was very lateral; I was afraid to have the actors' backs turned away, afraid to put them too far upstage, and I think once I did more things with film, I got more interested in composition.
The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
When I published a book earlier this year about Uber, the most common question I got about it was how many of the tumultuous events of 2017 I was able to include. My gag-line response: I managed to cover the first 17 scandals of the year, but not Nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and so on.
My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.
The first thing to understand about surveillance video in public places is that there is already a lot of it going on - though it is impossible to know how much.
As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
China just banned ICO fundraising. They did Silicon Valley and the U.S. a favor - now we get first dibs.
The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.
I feel like, with any show, the creator should stick to it the first few years and get it off the ground.
I knew I was destined to do a solo album, but when I did that first album in 1978, I had no idea it was going to be that well received.
The first rappers I ever got into were Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and Nas. Those are the guys. Those are the dudes that flipped my wig.
The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
I'm the first to admit that the resolution of a hand feeling the belly doesn't compare with the resolution of a CAT scan scanning the belly, but only my hand can say that it hurts at this spot and not at this spot. Only my hand can say that.
People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam.
I realised that if I wanted to act, I needed to join theatre where I could improve my acting skills first and also show my talent.
The first two days that I rode a horse, I had someone controlling it with a rope around its neck.
I like to entertain the crowd. Personally I like to entertain my team-mates first, but when the crowd gets going, it is amazing.
Trump has actually been tougher on Ukraine than President Obama was. The first thing he did was put sanctions on Russia as it relates to the Ukraine.
My goal every year is to come in and be consistent. It doesn't matter if it's the first game of the year or it's the last game of the year.
When I first went out on the road with Larry Williams, there was also, like, The Coasters, The Drifters, and The Flamingos.
I have always thought of myself as an inventor first and foremost. An engineer. An entrepreneur. In that order. I never thought of myself as an employee. But my first jobs as an adult were as an employee: at IBM, and then at my first start-up.
When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.
My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
You can tell if you're going to be into a script within the first five or ten pages - if I'm not completely engaged by page 20, I just have to give up on it.
The first thing I wrote was a one-act play that got accepted at a one-act play festival, and I was in it along with Nathan Lane and a couple of other very good actors.
Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'
I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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