- 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
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an engineer. I studied physics and engineering. In fact, in 1978 I started working as an aerospace engineer with General Dynamics. I used to test cruise missiles, space systems, I worked on the first generation of cruise missile.
- Laptop
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started running there were no computers. There was no such thing as a laptop.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been involved in and out of the U.N. for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.
- Attended
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- Nov 07, 2020
I attended Amherst College from 1951 to 1955. The first two years were a revelation. There were innumerable exchanges with brilliant classmates, among them the playwright Ralph Allen, the classics scholar Robert Fagles, and the composer Michael Sahl.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.
- Considerable
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- Nov 07, 2020
Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
- Eighteenth Century
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all.
- Mars
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- Nov 07, 2020
We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020