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- Nov 07, 2020
First Quotes
On beginnings, and what a 'first' really changes.
The quotes gathered here treat 'first' loosely: a rookie athlete crediting the teammates who set the tone early, a filmmaker's take on what should scare an audience right away, and a physicist weighing what can and can't be known first. If early relationships resonate, see our First Love.
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- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Especially in wind, each shot and stance can feel different, so it's important to first get comfortable.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ability to be the first African-American painter to paint the first African-American president of the United States is absolutely overwhelming. It doesn't get any better than that.
- Fast
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alexis and I actually shot the very first scene of 'Gilmore Girls.' What I thought was fast was nowhere near what has become known as 'Gilmore pace.'
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was while starting my business that I saw my first glimpse of government's impact on business.
- Protect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to look at the whole package, but I definitely want to protect the middle-class taxpayer, first and foremost.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the iPad with me to auditions.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first dramatic experience I had of music was when I was five. The electricity had gone out in Georgia, and my mum played the 'Moonlight Sonata' on the piano.
- Early
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took Cianfrance 12 years to bring 'Blue Valentine' to the screen after he first conceived it. He found Gosling and Williams early on, and they hung in there with him. The film finally premiered at Sundance 2010, then screened at Cannes and the Toronto Film Festival before landing in theaters in December.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first book was the most successful debut novel in the U.K. ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the U.K. Clearly the British know brilliance when they see it.
- Nov 07, 2020