First Quotes
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Oppressed people are frequently very oppressive when first liberated. They know but two positions: somebody's foot on their neck or their foot on somebody's neck.
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I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa.
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I think I first encountered Ebola from the movie 'Outbreak.' Then there was the book 'The Hot Zone.' It's the type of thing you either read and say, 'Oh wow, that's terrifying,' or you read it and say, 'Oh wow, I want to do that.' I read it and said, 'Oh wow, I want do that.'
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The machine of awards season is very stressful. But this is the Oscars! It's your peers, your heroes, people you admire, the people who inspired you to get into this work in the first place. It's a pretty overwhelming feeling when you think about it.
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I wrote my first play when I was eight.
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I do know what my first meal in the next world would be... Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.
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I always give importance to scripts first, and remuneration is something that comes later.
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I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
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The first story I finished was when I was six years old.
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When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.
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I remember my school had some of the first Apple IIs in North Carolina. I remember, when I first started using them, we were using a cassette tape to store programs because we didn't have floppy disk drives.
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When I was younger and first started watching MTV I loved watching TRL. I loved watching my favorite singers/bands perform.
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I started wearing high heels when I first worked with Mario Testino. He is tall; I had to be at his height. And I have never stopped since then.
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The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
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I'm extremely grateful to all the first responders, veterans and their families for all their sacrifices.
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I fantasised about becoming an author and wrote my first book at 18 - an introspective novel set in the 1920s.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.
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I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down.
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I attended Amherst College from 1951 to 1955. The first two years were a revelation. There were innumerable exchanges with brilliant classmates, among them the playwright Ralph Allen, the classics scholar Robert Fagles, and the composer Michael Sahl.
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I've always been a geek, so I've always used the Internet, perhaps at first for autopromotion, as many authors do.
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The first attempt at a response: there must have been a fall, a decline, and the road to salvation can only be the return of the sensible finite into the intelligible infinite.
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I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'
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Every writer has written a spec. It's the first thing you write, and it basically stands as a means of, 'Here's an example of how I tell stories.' It's almost like a business card.
