- 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
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite player, growing up, was David Robinson. He was really the first person that I actually knew about and actually watched.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
SST was formed to put out the first Black Flag record. Basically, there wasn't anyone else to do it. I felt that what I was doing with Black Flag was very worthwhile, and I wanted to get it out there.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were excited when we sold our first 10 records. I always felt that if we could get the music out there, and if people became accustomed to it, then a substantial number of them would enjoy it.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first mention of a 'ranger' is as early as 1622, during the 1622 Powhatan rebellion, a near-successful effort to drive the British out of what is now Virginia.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are films that cost a lot of money that might be decent films. But if they don't perform in that first weekend or two, they're gone.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was keenly aware when I was drafted, when I signed my first contract; immediately, I was thinking about the end.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then I started spreading to all the other mythologies.
- Nov 07, 2020
I remember the very first suit I bought. It was a three-piece denim suit with bell-bottoms.
- Nov 07, 2020
First be best, then be first.
- Deregulated
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- Nov 07, 2020
So it was flawed in that it didn't require California to have a first claim on the power plants. It deregulated part of the market, but not all of the market.
- Always
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had first heard about Alan Turing when I was a teenager. I've known about him since I was a kid, and I always wanted to write about him.
- Bubble
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave Robinson did, to keep them out of it.
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- Nov 07, 2020