Jack Prelutsky Quotes
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

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I made my first movie when I was five.
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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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The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.
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'Inside Out' - that was a really good movie. That's the first animated movie I saw since 'The Lego Movie.'
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The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
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Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen.
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I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know.
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I'm the first American designer who went all over the world.
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The first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw 'Hair.'
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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I see the first lady as another means to keep a president from becoming isolated.
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Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
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I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.
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We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.
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My first interest in baseball is the welfare of baseball itself. My second is the Cincinnati Reds, and my third is Warren Giles.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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I haven't seen too many American distance men on the international scene willing to take risks. I saw some U.S. women in Barcelona willing to risk, more than men. The Kenyans risk. Steve Prefontaine risked. I risked - I went through the first half of the Tokyo race just a second off my best 5000 time.
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When I create an image that helps someone - even just myself - find peace, then I've attained my goal.
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I think I'm a nervous laugher. Like, when you're in a situation that you don't know what's going on, you go to laughter more than anything.
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My work is drawn to the political but avoids an agenda. There is no inherent critique or support.
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I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.