- Jazz
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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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- Favored
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ukrainians use the term 'political technologist' as a favored synonym for electoral consultant. Trump turned to Manafort for what seemed at first a technical task: Manafort knows how to bullwhip and wheedle delegates at a contested convention.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first book advance I got was paid out in thirds. And over time, as I've had different deals, the advances get chopped up into ever-smaller parcels.
- Experiment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is of central import to the American experiment. As such it should feature prominently in U.S. foreign policy.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access.
- Philadelphia
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- Nov 07, 2020
I studied with Seymour Rosenfeld, who was first trumpeter of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my first jobs was doing children's theater. I did it to get my union card.
- Manager
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.
- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment.
- Harry Potter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Harry Potter was my first job.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
- Nov 07, 2020
At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
God's first creature, which was light.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
- Boxing
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- Nov 07, 2020