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"My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another."
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""Think simple" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles."
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"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977."
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"The first is last, and the last is first."
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"I wanted a name that would put us first in the phone directory, or second if you count ABBA."
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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."
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"I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all."
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"In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note."
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"I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir."
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"I was persuaded now that I was destined to lead a life on the Plains."
Life
"The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them."
Fight
"My brother was a great favorite with everybody, and his death cast a gloom upon the whole neighborhood."
Death
"My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost."
Government
"My debut upon the world's stage occurred on February 26, 1845, in the State of Iowa."
February
"The first trip of the Pony Express was made in ten days - an average of two hundred miles a day. But we soon began stretching our riders and making better time."
Time
"Stations were built at intervals averaging fifteen miles apart. A rider's route covered three stations, with an exchange of horses at each, so that he was expected at the beginning to cover close to forty-five miles - a good ride when one must average fifteen miles an hour."
Beginning
"The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily."
Men
"Washington newspaper men know everything."
Men
"My first plan of escape having failed, I now determined upon another."
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