- Dance
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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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Alongside
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was 'Footloose' and my second film I got to star alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
- City Hall
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- Nov 07, 2020
First thing that I put up in my office here at City Hall was a poster from 1971 when my mother ran for city council.
- Destroy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first film festival and my first film that I've ever been in, 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' that was at Sundance.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cycle whenever possible around London. But I travel first class when I need to fly.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first published writings were trying to take scientific concepts and make them clear for a general audience.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before 'Animal House' came out to open up a huge market, there just weren't parts for young guys. That genre of film was my ticket in... One of my first jobs was with Bill Murray in 'Stripes.'
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first heard of it, I thought it was a horror film. 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' is such a strange name. I wasn't into the comic books at all.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The purpose of the Filecoin currency is to create a fungible token that can be spent to hire the miner network to store files. The first and foremost use of the currency is precisely this: locking it up as a reward to miners who successfully store data on the network.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020