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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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- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first ghost story I ever heard was from my mother.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Don't Look Back' is my first YA contemporary mystery/thriller. It's been described as 'Black Swan' meets 'Pretty Little Liars'.
- Core
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- Nov 07, 2020
The code core of the 2001 browser upgrade campaign was the first instance of capability detection in place of browser detection.
- Strength
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- Nov 07, 2020
The web's strength lies precisely in its unique position as the world's first universal platform.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess my most prized pop culture possession is a signed first edition of the book 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first conceived of my far-future setting 'Punktown' in 1980, and though it contains 'punk' in its name, the term 'cyberpunk' hadn't been coined yet. I took my inspiration strictly from punk music.
- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
Alan Moore's first choice to be the Comedian... was Burt Reynolds. But I never saw myself as Burt Reynolds; I saw myself as Edward Blake.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wasn't conscious, but I guess that one book is the reaction to the other. The first is so imprisoned in a male point-of-view, and the second is a point-of-view that can go anywhere it wants.
- Brown
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- Nov 07, 2020