C. S. Lewis Quotes

You can’t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.

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A personal highlight was probably when we got a No. 1 in the U.K. and when the album went to No. 1 in America. The top four that week was us, Adele, Guns N' Roses and Bruce Springsteen. It was ridiculous seeing those names there. Being the first band from the U.K. and Ireland to go to America and debut at No. 1 is just unbelievable.
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I'm a songwriter first.
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I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested.
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Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica.
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My children come first and the career comes in around that.
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Ok first things first I'll eat your brains Then Imma start rockin gold teeth & fangs
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Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
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You should know something, Miriam.... God changed our futures yesterday. There's no other explanation for what happened. And it wasn't the first God. If you ever need hlep, you might want to try the second God.
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First rule about vampires, don`t believe anything you read.
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I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music.
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You have to be the first, best or different.
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I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians.
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Mr. Darcy was in Pride and Prejudice and at first he was all snooty and huffy; then he fell in a lake and came out with his shirt all wet. And then we all loved him. In a swoony way.
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Adam and Eve ate the first vitamins, including the package.
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Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.
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The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself.
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Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first.
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Bad music is the attempt to imitate something that has very strong rules and grammar.
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Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.
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The biggest start-up successes - from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg - were pioneered by people from solidly middle-class backgrounds. These founders were not wealthy when they began. They were hungry for success, but knew they had a solid support system to fall back on if they failed.
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[ If I wasn't making music ] I'd probably end up going to school, I never went to school. Or just give up and get my plumber's ticket and move back to Edmonton and become an alcoholic.
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You can’t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.