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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
- Helmet
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started competing, I was so broke that I had to tie my helmet with a piece of string. On one jump, the string snapped, and my helmet carried on farther than I did. I may have been the first ski jumper ever beaten by his gear.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time.
- Mine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came in on the decline. Phil Elliot was in first, he got his book out, he sold thirteen thousand, I think he got two issues out before I got mine in, this was March '87. He was out in December '86.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the first reporter in the country to get a U.S. Senator on the air during the 9/11 attacks - I was broadcasting from the Hart Building.
- Golf
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- Nov 07, 2020
I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range - it was essentially a golf cart with a windshield wiper and a horn.
- President
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- Nov 07, 2020
One is that President Clinton, in his first two years of his term, did not govern as he had campaigned.
- Nov 07, 2020
The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first started rapping when I heard the Sugarhill Gang in 1979, when I was 11 years old in seventh grade.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Making $30,000 on my first business deal was exciting, but not as exciting as the sudden knowledge that I did not have to work for anyone again.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020