- Nobody
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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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- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
An orchestra knows during the first two minutes of the first rehearsal whether or not they are going to enjoy the person on the podium.
- Rhythm
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words.
- Marine Corps
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.
- Hip-Hop
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote my first song, 'Conversion', to this little hip-hop instrumental. I went to an open-mic, plugged my iPod into the P.A., and sang over the beat.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the report made on behalf of the C.G.T. we affirmed that the Peace Treaty should, in accordance with the spirit of workers' organizations, lay the first foundations of the United States of Europe.
- Conflict
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- Nov 07, 2020
This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the conditions for its realization.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it.
- Chrysalis
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was almost two years after I left Capital that I put out the first one on Chrysalis and that was really instructive because it was no better in particular than any other record I'd done.
- Credit
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- Nov 07, 2020