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First Quotes

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

First, Illusion

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"My first album is playful."

"My first album is playful."

Mary J. Blige, American Musician

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"Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are."

"Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are."

Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman

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"If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari."

"If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari."

Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian Celebrity

First, Formula, Racing, Wishes

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"First be best, then be first."

"First be best, then be first."

Grant Tinker, American Musician

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"To betray, you must first belong."

"To betray, you must first belong."

Kim Philby, British Celebrity

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"I made the first Moebius strip without knowing what it was."

"I made the first Moebius strip without knowing what it was."

Max Bill, Swiss Architect

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"First things first, second things never."

"First things first, second things never."

Shirley Conran, British Author

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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

First, Universe

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"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."

"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

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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."

""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."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

First, Meaning, Old, Principles

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"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

First, Man, Months

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"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

First, Mind, James M. Baldwin

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