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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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I first got involved in soccer when I was three years old. And I played until I was sixteen, so for thirteen years, and I love it.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
- Heart
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One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.
- Interest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump promised an 'America First' foreign policy rooted in the national interest, not in nostalgia.
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the 18th century, a young British explorer named George Bogle became one of the first Westerners to penetrate the mysterious and reclusive realm of Druk Yul, or 'Dragon Land.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first meal that I learned to make was scrambled eggs.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first week at 'DWTS' was amazing! I definitely fangirled when I walked into the ballroom because I looked at all the judges and where they were sitting, and I was like, 'Wow, that's the official judges' table!'
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
At 18, my first short story was published - I was paid a penny a word by a science fiction magazine. I continued to write, and five years later I published my first novel, 'Sweetwater.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I first worked on sports photography, and it was until 2002, when I was already 32 years old, that I really started working and enjoying Africa's wildlife.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first came out to L.A., Hollywood's idea of a Latina was Mexican. It was almost like they had never seen or heard of an Afro-Latina before.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hadn't realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you're being assigned 40 books a week... there's not much room for novels.
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- Nov 07, 2020