- Energy
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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
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one of the first people to join Facebook in February of 2004, and launched one of the inaugural applications on the platform in May 2007.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over a 10-season stretch from 1967 to 1976, eight Super Bowl champions either were the Raiders or had to beat the Raiders in the playoffs. The Jets, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Colts, Miami, the Steelers each of the first two times... we all had to deal with the Raiders.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first season with Pittsburgh was 1969. We were still in the old NFL. My second year, we moved to the AFC when the leagues merged. I went to the Pro Bowl that season, and there must have been nine Raiders and nine Chiefs. I got to know all those guys.
- Dozens
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- Nov 07, 2020
The records fell easily at first. Dozens of seconds peeled away with every running of a course, and I could hardly wait for the next chance to improve.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our favorite: a former garbage dump converted into a riverside park. I first ran there more than 30 years ago when a marathon passed through this park that later became home to Pre's Trail.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.
- Nov 07, 2020
By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the life skills I could have learned - First aid? Nah. But I can pour a pint.
- Characterized
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality, and strategies that are distinguished as innovative in their first incarnation can quickly become stale in the hands of lesser artists.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified.
- Neighbors
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started in journalism: my first magazine, I developed when I was 10. I sent it round to the neighbors. I also sent it to the Queen of England.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020