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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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- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Dhadak' was the first film I was meant to do. And it is very close to my heart.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote my first full book when I was fourteen, and that was 'Obernewtyn.' It was also the first book I had published. It was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to, and it was short listed for Children's Book of the Year in the older readers category in Australia.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I graduated from Academy of Fashion and Costume Design in Rome. At first, I thought I was going to be a costume designer for films, and then I ended up working in fashion - not as a designer, but mostly as a model.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
The average person in Hollywood just assumes that if you're on a hit TV show, then that's the first thing you've ever done.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of blurring between fiction and non-fiction in so many of my works. For example, my first novel, 'When Nietzsche Wept,' has a great deal of non-fiction in it. I didn't create many characters at all. Almost all of them are historical characters that actually existed.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first job of a writer is to be honest.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still have the dress I wore on the first date with my husband, which was more than 66 years ago. I still have it, and it still fits.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
- Emphasized
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- Nov 07, 2020
After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the first million came in, I felt, 'My God, now I'm really independent.' That was a fantastic experience.
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- Nov 07, 2020