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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

John Cage, American Composer

First, Question, Reason

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems."

Gregory Bateson, British Scientist

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"What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible."

John Mellencamp, American Musician

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"I have a child and I'm a parent first of all."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

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"I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more."

Piers Anthony, English Writer

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"There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that."

Robert Benchley, American Comedian

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"Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state."

Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman

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"Well, first, I didn't kill Dr. King."

James Earl Ray, American Criminal

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"Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

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"When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say."

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"A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student."

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

"It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems."

"What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible."

"I have a child and I'm a parent first of all."

"I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more."

"There is a note in the front of the volume saying that no public reading may be given without first getting the author's permission. It ought to be made much more difficult to do than that."

"Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state."

"Well, first, I didn't kill Dr. King."

"Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery."

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"My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it's feet first!"

"Why do Jewish men die before their wives? They want to."

"When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say."

"I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o'clock."

"A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student."

"I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back."

"I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift wraps it, and puts in into an unlocked car."