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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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- Pressure
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I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.
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'Sleepless' was the first thing that came out and really gained a lot of traction online.
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When I was in middle school, that's when I first started making beats. I was maybe 14, 16, something like that.
- Music
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I first was introduced to really, I guess, underground electronic music when I was in middle school.
- Me
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My collaborations tend to be pretty organic. It starts off with me being a fan first.
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Christopher Hitchens and I were not friends or even acquaintances. We never met or spoke on the phone, just exchanged occasional brief letters - notes, really - hand-written and snail-mailed at first, e-mailed later.
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I have been enormously lucky. My first role was in a great film by a woman director.
- Me
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
- Country
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Cuba came to be the last country to get rid of Spanish colonialism and the first to shake off the heinous imperialist tutelage.
- Crumble
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Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.
- Broke
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When I first broke in, I wanted to be the best technical wrestler on the planet.
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At first, I didn't know what an actor was. I thought it was an acrobat. I saw acrobats at the circus, and I thought that was interesting. In my head, that was what I imagined I wanted to be when I grew up. Then I realized what an actor was, and I've gravitated to it ever since.
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