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First Quotes
"I am a teacher, and I am proud of it. At Cornell University I have taught primarily undergraduates, and indeed almost every year since 1966 have taught first-year general chemistry."
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"Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone."
107
"And, he'd seen me in Panama, and he talked about maybe doing something in New York so I hooked it up when I came here and I recorded in 1969 my first album with Pete Rodriguez."
101
"I want to get an handful of spare basses to use first of all if mine breaks, and second, to learn some things about aspects of basses that I like, so Paul can build those aspects into it."
93
"The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts."
73
"Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not."
70
"The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity."
69
"Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down."
65
"First of all, you look at Rocky films now, and if that isn't a cartoon series there isn't any cartoon series. I mean there's no way anybody is going to take that amount of punishment in fifteen rounds."
65
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
60
"First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio."
60
"I was terrified. My first week, walking around in a teeny bikini, I kept crossing my arms over my chest because I was afraid I was going to fall out of the top of the suit. And I didn't know anything about technique or lighting."
59
"I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet."
58
"The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine."
57
"As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two."
57
"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first."
56
"Well, first of all I'll say that I come alive best in theater."
56
"But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my head. I couldn't believe it, when I first heard him. Man, no one can ever do what he did with a guitar. No one can ever take his place."
53
"But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past."
53
"You see the images that the public is demanding. Why more reality-based TV? You'd think that after the first Survivor it would have gone away, but it hasn't. The public demands it because they get all caught up in the personal stories, and want to see more and more."
53
"If I were to awaken after having slept for a thousand years, my first question would be: Has the Riemann hypothesis been proven?"
53
"My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana."
50
"If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date."
50
"Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later."
50
"I remember in the first part of the race I was sixth and I could have gone quicker, but I had to go slow. It was one of the most difficult things I have ever done."
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"When you are finished with it, put it back in the first place that you looked for it."
49
"After Versace was murdered, the first person to call me was Mandela."
48
"Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course."
46
"From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture."
46
"Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself."
46
"I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan."
45
"The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines."
44
"I had not seen that until - and when it first came out I was told. I had not seen or been aware of all of that physical evidence. And when I saw it, I was horrified. It was so astounding to me to see that there was that much evidence."
44
"If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first."
43
"When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist."
43
"My mum says, 'Go with your first instinct,' but this can lead to impulse buying!"
43
"The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them."
42
"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."
42
"We should just get somebody from the left and the right and they should all throw bumper stickers at each other and the first one to cover the other one wins."
42
"My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums."
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