First Quotes
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
Pat Barker -
So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
Sally Ride
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I'm an interior designer, first and foremost. I can do one thing really well, and I'm going to stay in my little niche.
Candice Olson -
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Oscar Wilde -
'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
Abbi Glines -
The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might.
Ferdinand Lassalle -
Obamacare was passed months before my first day at Komen.
Karen Handel -
The first job of a writer is to be honest.
Irvine Welsh
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Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
Saint Francis de Sales -
I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
Gavin Newsom -
There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
Eddie Plank -
In 1996, Al Jazeera was the first TV station in the Arab world to allow Israelis to appear on the screen and express their views and address the Arab world. Before that, Arab broadcasters did not allow what was perceived as the enemy to appear on the screen.
Wadah Khanfar -
I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
Orson Scott Card -
The first comic I ever read was an 'X-Men' themed anti-smoking PSA they gave out in health class when I was about 10.
G. Willow Wilson
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
Abel Korzeniowski -
Music is first, lyrics are secondary.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana -
We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
Gary Locke -
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Carl Sandburg -
Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
Baltasar Gracian -
My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
Aaron Paul
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Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left.
Barton Seaver -
World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?'
Zadie Smith -
I'm kinda a first take dude. The first time, cut that mic on, and the spirit is there, and what comes on the mic - I mean, even if I'm mumbling, I like to keep a lot of that initial thing that comes out. Cause that's the spirit.
D'Angelo -
I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
Taya Kyle