- Getting
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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
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've consumed true crime since first discovering 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi in a used bookstore at age 9 or 10 and staring in fascination and horror at the crime-scene photos in the middle.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do.
- Office
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first ran for office in 1980, there weren't that many women running for office.
- Nov 07, 2020
Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a young actor, in my first apartment, the first thing I bought was a Steinway piano. There was no bed at first. I slept on the floor.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family are happy in Italy. We're first, and I'm top scorer. What more could I ask for?
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to 'Godspell' when I was 10 - my mother took me, and that was the first play I ever saw. That was it for me.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.
- Dragged
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- Nov 07, 2020
Veal, by definition, is the product of a sick, anemic, deliberately malnourished calf, a newborn dragged away from his mother in the first hours of life. Veal calves are dealt the harshest of punishments for the least essential of meats.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, the very first video game I ever played would have been 'Return of the Jedi' on the Atari 2600.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020