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- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live about 60 miles northwest of New York City, and whenever there's news of a big snowstorm coming, everyone runs for the store. The perishable items are usually the first things to go, which doesn't make sense because they perish.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I look back at history, and some of the worst governments we've ever had, you know one of the first things they ever did? They went after the trade unions.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started acting, one of the first things I learned was - especially in Hollywood - was branding. I'm a tall guy. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably going to be my foot in the door,' because that's my impression on everybody. I'm an athletic guy, and I think, because I grew up disliking jocks so much, that became, like, the character for me.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I bought when I made 'Roseanne Show' money was a farm in Iowa.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I did when I decided that I was going to dive into the world of poop was look at who was doing stuff in that world. The first I came across was the World Toilet Organization. So one of the first things I did was to go to their annual show in Moscow.
- Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the first things that are relevant are that things should work well; they should function.
- Dice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the first things I did, I used to try to create digital versions of Dungeons & Dragons that would help me generate a character, that would roll the dice for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I did on arriving at school was to break my left arm falling into a bomb crater.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things that the First Nations are going to have to decide is, is it going to 640 communities, or is it, in fact, going to be some 50 to 60 nations.
- Grace
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered in July, so that I could go and meet people that I wanted to meet: the writers and the directors and the people that are doing things.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.
- Christian Religion
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was out of work when I first moved to L.A., one of the first things my husband and I did was buy season's passes to Disney, and whenever I was bummed out about work, we would go to Space Mountain, and it was like a physical injection of anti-depressants.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know from experience that one of the first things to drop off during great transitions, such as dealing with grief or loss, is taking care of our bodies.
- Chop
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- Nov 07, 2020
Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first things I did was I was a writer, painter, and photographer, and we grew up very poor, so even though I could get into any college I wanted, there was no way to pay for it.
- Mustache
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I interviewed at MSNBC, one of the first things they said to me was, 'In your tapes, you had a mustache, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I recently took it off.' I said, 'If you hire me, you get to decide if you want it or not.' They said, 'No, no, we're fine with it now.'
- Style
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- Nov 07, 2020
When creating an album, one of the first things you have to think about is what you want your production style to be.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
When people look back at my career, I want them to see a fierce competitor, but more importantly, I want to be remembered for my consistency of character and the legacy I hope to leave through my First Things First Foundation.
- Footage
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I said to my kids and we all agreed upon when we first started shooting the show was if we're going to do this, we're all in. We're not going to worry about editing ourselves. So that's what you see. It's raw, and it's real, and it's footage that hopefully people learn from some of our experiences.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things people think of when they think of Native Americans is reservations. We didn't have any idea what that was. We were just young kids growing up in normal blue-collar America.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is one of the first things my family, my mother and my grandfather, had taught me about acting: 'Use your eyes!' Not being able to do that physical aspect of it, and having to put it all into your voice? That was a little bit of a challenge.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sat down with Under Armour, one of the first things we talked about was how this can be bigger than just shoes, bigger than just basketball.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that's one of the first things you'd say if you met me: that I am just nice and smiley. And that's how I might appear when I'm not competing. But I'm totally different when it comes to sport. It's just something that seems to be within me. It's not external or visual. But it's within me.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My skin was really bad. Roxanne Rizzo's products were the first things that really cleared it up.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I did when I finished my Ph.D. was work with the police to look at what happened during the London riots in 2011, which took over the city.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things the PT government did when it took office in 2003, after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won the presidency, was to create a 'dirty list' of hundreds of companies and individual employers who were investigated by labor prosecutors and found to be using slaves.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
America is the only developed nation that has a 2,000-mile border with a developing nation, and the government's refusal to control that border is why there are an estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona and why the nation, sensibly insisting on first things first, resists 'comprehensive' immigration reform.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things electric I ever saw was a guitar. I was living in a house with no electricity until, at 7, we moved to a house that had it. It had electric lights, but the previous owners had even taken the light bulbs with them when they moved.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The culture at Valve is pretty much crowdsourced. The handbook is a wiki. One of the first things we say to new hires is, 'You have to change something in the handbook.'
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. It was one of the first things I photographed, and it had a terrific kind of excitement for me. I just used to adore them. I still do adore some of them.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born - I started getting wicked BO. You know there's a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.
- Conversation
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- Nov 07, 2020
On Memorial Day, I was out floating on Lake Norman and came across Denny Hamlin. We struck up a conversation, and one of the first things we were talking about was how much it helped him when he started racing the Cup car and how much it helped his Nationwide program.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Education to me is the most important thing that we've got going in this country. I mean, a lot of my family are teachers. I was the recipient of a great public education, and I see that's one of the first things that we're going to go, 'What are we going to raise?' The ignorant masses.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had this desire to understand Islam better and then focus on the beauty of Arabic and Islamic cultures. And one of the first things to emerge was Arabic calligraphy, which was instantly inspiring.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched it. Countless people tell me, 'I got into wrestling because my grandfather watched it.' It was always there.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lemon curd is one of the first things I remember cooking when I was old enough to use the stove without supervision. I looked up a recipe in my one of my mom's Martha Stewart cookbooks and went to work, stirring anxiously and monitoring closely for signs that the mixture was thickening so as not to curdle the eggs.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took driving lessons.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Get your dog spayed or neutered. That's one of the first things that you should go and do.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It almost goes without saying that when you are a startup, one of the first things you do is you start setting aside money to defend yourself from patent lawsuits, because any successful company, even moderately successful, is going to get hit by a patent lawsuit from someone who's just trying to look for a payout.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I was taught as an actor was, 'Don't judge the character.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I married Wilnelia, one of the first things I wanted to know about Puerto Rico was the quality of the golf courses.
- House
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the first things I ever did was 'Critical Condition.' That was before 'Full House.' It was a Richard Pryor movie. I didn't have a giant part, but I was in it throughout. I loved the heck out of it.
- True
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you talk to anybody, among the first things you'll hear is, 'Steve Carell is the nicest guy in the world.' And he is. 'Steve Carell is the greatest guy to work with.' And he is. But all of that belies other aspects that are as true with him.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very first things that I did, even in theater, were bad guys. They are meaty roles for the most part. With the bad guy you have more freedom to experiment and go further out than with a good guy.
- Carnage
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- Nov 07, 2020