First Quotes
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
Pat Barker
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
Barbara Bush
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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
Ildar Abdrazakov
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
Lamar Alexander
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
Tamron Hall
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To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.
Walther Bothe
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He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.
Navjot Singh Sidhu
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From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.
Sam Hunt
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
Adam McKay
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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
Jack Kilby
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'ReadyMade''s first three issues dished out instructions for all sorts of kitschy crafts and odd projects: homemade wallets, Adirondack chairs, even taxidermy.
Tahl Raz
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
Adam Hochschild
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I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.
Iris Apfel
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
Iris Chang
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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
Walter Lippmann
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
Barbara Sher
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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
Damon Wayans
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
Karen Bender
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My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
Ranbir Kapoor
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
Macaulay Culkin
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
Otto Hahn
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
Wayne Newton
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
Irwin Shaw
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I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico.
Natalie Cole