Firsts famous quotes
Last updated: Jul 22, 2024
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The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
-- Black Francis -
Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.
-- Blaise Pascal -
The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
-- Blake Mycoskie -
First of all, I really never imagined myself being a professional athlete.
-- Bo -
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At first, the only thing that I learned was to save. Then I learned about mutual fund, then later on direct stock investments. I also went into small businesses and even real estate.
-- Bo Sanchez -
You will always take first place in God’s Heart.
-- Bo Sanchez -
Forgiveness is, first of ali, a gift I give myself.
-- Bo Sanchez -
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You have to become the 'first of yourself' instead of trying to become the second of anyone.
-- BoA -
Selling - at its core - is not a business transaction. It is first and foremost the forging of a human connection.
-- Bob Burg -
Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.
-- Bob Burg -
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I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.
-- Bob Dylan -
My first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.
-- Bob Gunton -
A censure would put an indelible scar on the president's place in history, .. Monica Lewinsky is not Watergate. Let he who has no sin in this chamber cast the first stone.
-- Bob Menendez -
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Drama is more focused and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there, when you first read it.
-- Bob Odenkirk -
Within one hour of touching the brush to canvas for the first time, my students have a total, complete painting.
-- Bob Ross -
The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
-- Bob Schaffer -
The Holy Spirit is profoundly committed to restoring the first commandment to first place in our lives.
-- Bob Sorge -
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When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it's very exciting
-- Bobby Darin -
Koko B. Ware … his mom’s first name was Tupper.
-- Bobby Heenan -
I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.
-- Bobby Jindal -
The first session I did with the Stones was an accident. I just happened to be wandering down the hallway of the same studio.
-- Bobby Keys -
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When I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was 'It will be O.K.' I would wonder, 'How the hell is it going to be O.K.?' The worst word in the English language is 'hope.'
-- Bobby Knight -
As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming.
-- Bobby Ray Inman -
The first 90 minutes of the match are the most important.
-- Bobby Robson -
The first ninety minutes are the most important.
-- Bobby Robson -
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The way that I approach helping is to first make sure that I understand...
-- Bobby Sager -
Oddly enough, my partner went on Prodigy when it first came out, and I ended up playing with some of that stuff!.
-- Bobby Sherman -
Take some time to learn first aid and CPR. It saves lives, and it works.
-- Bobby Sherman -
The bravest man in the universe Is the one who has forgiven first.
-- Bobby Womack -
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The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society.
-- Boman Irani -
I made my first album, and I guess it wasn't a fluke, because now I'm on my 16th.
-- Bonnie Raitt -
You will never find true love until you first learn to love Allah
-- Boonaa Mohammed -
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I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life.
-- Boris Kodjoe -
This is not the time for partisan bickering. This is not the time for politics as usual. Some of us are Democrats. Some of us are Republicans. Some of us are Independents. Above all, we must be Oklahomans first.
-- Brad Henry -
Family comes first so I only have this specific window of time available to me and because of that I actually get more done.
-- Brad Pitt -
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When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.
-- Brad Pitt -
I am the first podiatrist to serve in the U.S. Congress.
-- Brad Wenstrup -
I worked in restaurants the first half of my life.
-- Bradley Cooper -
He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.
-- Bram Stoker -
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The Pantheon was the first church I'd ever seen that had an open view to God
-- Bran Ferren -
To be clear is the first duty of a writer; to charm and to please are graces to be acquired later.
-- Brander Matthews -
You're always first when no one's on your side.
-- Brandon Boyd -
Surfboards were everywhere. When I got my first new board, I was probably in kindergarten.
-- Brandon Cruz -
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The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own, your body begins to fail. You regress. Strong limbs become feeble, keen senses grow dull, hardy constitutions deteriorate. Beauty withers. Organs quit. You remember yourself in your prime, and wonder where that person went. As your wisdom and experience are peaking, your traitorous body becomes a prison.
-- Brandon Mull -
And you came back to Lyrian?" Galloran said in disbelief. "Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the first time. Jumped into the tank on purpose. I wanted to keep others from wasting their time pursuing the Word. And I couldn't ditch Rachel." Galloran smiled. "Truly, you are possessed by that species of madness that begets heroism.
-- Brandon Mull -
Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.
-- Brandon Sanderson -
At MakerBot, we joke that if we were engineers we would still be on our first prototype. There's something about just 'Doing itâ€iteration is a way of engineering.
-- Bre Pettis -
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You know how it is. Every time you kiss someone else, in a way you always remember that very first time.
-- Breckin Meyer -
I always loved reading. I always was the spelling bee champion. I always loved words. I always wanted to know what they meant, why you used them, who first said them. I was always interested in that.
-- Brenda Lee -
An author's first duty is to let down his country.
-- Brendan Behan -
Prayer is first and foremost an act of love
-- Brennan Manning -
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The Iraqi elections were an important first step.
-- Brent Scowcroft -
After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
-- Brent Scowcroft -
First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.
-- Brent Scowcroft -
The intuition that had kept Kylar from Vi even from the first time she'd tried to seduce him at the Drake estate suddenly crystallized: You don't share your life with a woman's body, you share your life with a woman.
-- Brent Weeks -
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The best part about a first kiss is right before the first kiss.
-- Brett Davern -
Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.
-- Brian Aldiss -
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.
-- Brian Eno -
It's weird when you hear teachers call each other by their first names. It's like they're friends or something.
-- Brian Francis -
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Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.
-- Brian Greene -
If Im in the bookstore, and I see a 700-page novel, my first thought is, Ooh, how could you cut this down to size and make a movie out of it?
-- Brian Helgeland -
The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.
-- Brian Herbert -
You'll never come second by putting God first.
-- Brian Houston -
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Comics brought me to the dance. It'll always be my first loyalty.
-- Brian K. Vaughan -
As we said in the preface to the first edition, C "wears well as one's experience with it grows." With a decade more experience, we still feel that way.
-- Brian Kernighan -
Some compilers allow a check during execution that subscripts do not exceed array dimensions. This is a help, but not sufficient. First, many programmers do not use such compilers because They're not efficient. (Presumably, this means that it is vital to get the wrong answers quickly.)
-- Brian Kernighan -
I was probably six years old when I first sang before an audience.
-- Brian McKnight -
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The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.
-- Brian Tracy -
Eat that frog! If you have to eat 3 frogs, eat the biggest and uggliest one first.
-- Brian Tracy -
You are always free to choose what you do first, what you do second, and what you do not do at all
-- Brian Tracy -
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Invest the first hour of the day, the 'Golden Hour,' in yourself.
-- Brian Tracy -
Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first.
-- Brian Tracy -
If you have two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
-- Brian Tracy -
The difference between successes and failures in life is simply that winners take the first step.
-- Brian Tracy -
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The first time around as a mom, I held on really tight and I was so stressed.
-- Bridgette Wilson -
Professionally, the first time I sang was on 'Alice Upside Down.' It was the first movie that I did, and I had this little mini singing part.
-- Bridgit Mendler -
One thing is certain, wherever we go there is a proof that the people are keeping the commandments of the Lord, especially the first one -- to multiply and replenish the earth.
-- Brigham Young -
Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?
-- Brigham Young -
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As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.
-- Brit Marling -
My trouble is I talk first and think later.
-- Brittany Murphy -
I honor Earth First for having the guts to do the things they do. It's not for me, but I understand why they do what they do. And, ultimately, we all help each other.
-- Brock Adams -
When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page.
-- Brody Dalle -
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The first draft of a story is the writer's clay.
-- Bruce Coville -
(On performing in Costa Rica for the first time) It was like finding some weird tribe in the middle of the jungle and, you know, they all come out and go: "Fear of the Dark. Favorite Album." What?!?
-- Bruce Dickinson -
If at first you don't succeed, you can always become an ultramarathoner.
-- Bruce Fordyce -
When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.
-- Bruce Forsyth -
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The first one of the girls I ever told was Kimberly.
-- Bruce Jenner -
The first rule of trading - there are probably many first rules - is don't get caught in a situation in which you can lose a great deal of money for reasons you don't understand.
-- Bruce Kovner -
I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me.
-- Bruce LaBruce -
In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.
-- Bruce Lee -
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ID can be hijacked, and cards can be faked. All of the 9/11 terrorists had fake IDs, yet they still got on the planes. If the British national ID card can't be faked, it will be the first on the planet.
-- Bruce Schneier -
I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.
-- Bruce Schneier -
After I did the first Die Hard I said I'd never do another, same after I did the second one and the third. The whole genre was running itself into the ground.
-- Bruce Willis -
There is little sense in attempting to change external conditions, you must first change inner beliefs, then outer conditions will change accordingly.
-- Bryan Adams -