Firsts Quotes
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If you ask any driver about their first trip to New York, it's always crazy.
Daughn Gibson -
All the science of God is going to be exposed before you, completely. You are going to know the complete science of Divine Laws. They are very different from the ordinary laws we know. But first enter into the Kingdom of God. That's why I say first get your Self-Realization.
Nirmala Srivastava
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In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
Vincente Minnelli -
Dead shepherd, now I find thy saw of might. Whoever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight.
William Shakespeare -
It's the same thing,' I told her. 'What is?' 'Being afraid and being alive.' 'No,' she said slowly, and now it was as if she was speaking a language she knew at first I wouldn't understand, the very words, not to mention the concept, being foreign to me. 'Macy, no. It's not.
Sarah Dessen -
I don't like that word 'discovery.' ... Sinatra was the first one to call Ray Charles a genius, he spoke of 'the genius of Ray Charles.' And after that everybody called him a genius. They didn't call him a genius before that though. He was a genius but they didn't call him that. ... If a white man hadn't told them, they wouldn't've seen it. ... Like, you know, they say Columbus discovered America, he didn't discover America.
Gayl Jones -
Ialways think it's funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during the first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians. So I'm never quite sure why we eat Turkey like everybody else.
Sherman Alexie -
One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.
Carolyn Wells
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Like a blinking cursor on an empty page, it was just the first thing. The beginning of the beginning. But at least it was done.
Sarah Dessen -
We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.
Cecilia Bartoli -
A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first.
William James -
The first interview I went on I got at age 5. It was a commercial for First Federal Bank.
Erin Moran -
Becoming the first Canadian male to win a Major Championship, especially being the Masters, was a dream come true.
Mike Weir -
But Rawkus is integral to what I do, because the cats who started Rawkus are the first ones who really saw my vision, and gave me a platform to get it out there, so I'm definitely totally grateful for that.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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To be fertile in hypotheses is the first perquisite of creativity and to be willing to throw them away the moment experience contradicts them is the next.
William James -
My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.
Casey Kasem -
The table is the only place where we do not get weary during the first hour.
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin -
I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it's that same fear.
Bill Burr -
Soon we shall be up there with Christ. God did not mean us to be happy without Him; but God would first have us to be witnesses for Him down here, to hold out as much light as we can.
George Wigram -
I took a shot of morphine, liked it, and eventually became addicted. It takes quite a while. It took me three months the first time. This nonsense of people becoming addicted with one shot is medically unsound.
William S. Burroughs
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If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.
Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. -
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.
Ivor Novello -
I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order.
William Emerson Arnett -
God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
Seneca the Younger