- Cigarette
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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
- Exert
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wilson thought in terms of the whole world; Harding was for America first. And, finally, whereas Wilson wanted America to exert itself nobly, Harding wanted to give it a rest.
- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to study the properties of the neutrino.
- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Henderson had a thousand times more to do with the discovery of insulin than had Macleod. In the first place, he knew more about it. In the second place, he was consulted before every series of experiments, and he advised, criticized, or commended.
- First One
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bob Balaban is so perfect that the first movie I did with him, I couldn't talk to him because I was so intimidated by him.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first became interested in 'great moments' when I read about the famous Feller-to-Boudreau pickoff play in the 1948 World series.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first shows I ever did was 'Laverne & Shirley.' I played this sleazy guy that came into town with a friend and was going to date Laverne and Shirley, but we really wanted to get into the bowling alley because it was next to the bank we wanted to rob.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr are all 'User First, Brands Second' services. The brands are all over these services now. But for the most part, these services didn't do much to bring them. The engaged users did.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are video consumers first and foremost, and we hate anything appearing in the videos that isn't organic.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't even think demographics until I got to ABC. They were the first to go for 18-to-49. But, at CBS, it was just, 'Let's get 'em in the tent.'
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020