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First Quotes

"First there was racism. Then liberals created institutional racism and coded racism. You can only hear it with a dog whistle."

"First there was racism. Then liberals created institutional racism and coded racism. You can only hear it with a dog whistle."

Evan Sayet, American Comedian

First, Liberals, Racism

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"I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did."

"I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

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"For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded."

"For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded."

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

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"I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie."

"I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie."

Kim Cattrall, English Actress

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"My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums."

"My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums."

Warren Zevon, American Musician

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"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."

"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."

David Cross, American Actor

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"If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving."

"If at first you don't succeed... so much for skydiving."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

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"Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia."

"Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia."

Kitty O'Neill Collins, American Stuntwoman

First, Man, Woman

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

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

Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman

First, Secrecy, State

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"It's a first for me. It's my first nude scene."

"It's a first for me. It's my first nude scene."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

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"In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair."

"In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair."

Andy Gibb, Australian Musician

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"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering."

"To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering."

Aldo Leopold, American Environmentalist

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"Our first priority is our kids."

"Our first priority is our kids."

Kirk Cameron, American Actor

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"I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice."

"I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice."

Joey Dunlop, Irish Celebrity

First, Practice

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"When we first began, we didn't have any hits."

"When we first began, we didn't have any hits."

Diana Ross, American Actress

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"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."

"Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972."

Kurtis Blow, American Musician

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"Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability."

"Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability."

Douglas Wood, Australian Celebrity

First, Vulnerability

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"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't."

"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't."

Patrick Murray, British Actor

First, Luck, Wives

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"First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III."

"First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

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"In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'"

"In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.'"

Phil Collins, English Musician

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"Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001."

"Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001."

Mike Rogers, American Politician

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"When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins."

"When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

First, Listening

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"In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds resulted in the theory that they are mutually related, so that like composition governs like properties, and conversely."

"In the first quarter of the nineteenth century the experimental proof for the interdependence of the composition and properties of chemical compounds resulted in the theory that they are mutually related, so that like composition governs like properties, and conversely."

Wilhelm Ostwald, German Scientist

First, Proof, Theory

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"The reason I formed my own band in the first place is so that I could step up as the singer."

"The reason I formed my own band in the first place is so that I could step up as the singer."

Ben Jackson, American Drummer

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"I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody."

"I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody."

Floyd Abrams, American Lawyer

First, Rights, Preaching

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"Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny."

"Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny."

Howard Stern, American Entertainer

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"When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded."

"When I first came here, Hollywood was very closed-minded."

Tia Carrere, American Actress

First, Hollywood

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"Under Hitler it was the entrepreneurial and professional classes who were the first victims of Nazi boycotts and exclusion. Today it is Israel, the most powerful symbol of Jewish national resurgence in two millennia."

"Under Hitler it was the entrepreneurial and professional classes who were the first victims of Nazi boycotts and exclusion. Today it is Israel, the most powerful symbol of Jewish national resurgence in two millennia."

Jack Schwartz, American Scientist

First, Israel, Symbol, Today

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"I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of."

"I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of."

Gary Cole, American Actor

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"There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk."

"There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk."

Maggie Smith, British Actress

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"First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued."

"First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued."

Adam Arkin, American Actor

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"It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers."

"It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers."

Jamie Lee Curtis, American Actress

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"Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third."

"Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third."

Bud Abbott, American Actor

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"The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine."

"The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

First, Play, Reason

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"Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'"

"Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, 'Jesus! This cup is expensive!'"

Conan O'Brien, American Entertainer

First, Quotes, Religious, Will

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"The HoLee model was the first term structure model. I remember reading their paper soon after it was published and as it was fairly different from many of the other papers that I had read, I had to read it quite a few times. I realized that it was a really important paper."

"The HoLee model was the first term structure model. I remember reading their paper soon after it was published and as it was fairly different from many of the other papers that I had read, I had to read it quite a few times. I realized that it was a really important paper."

John Hull, American Economist

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"The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it."

"The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

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"It's not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it's the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up."

"It's not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it's the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up."

Piers Corbyn, English Scientist

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"My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven."

"My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

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"It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black."

"It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black."

Carly Simon, American Musician

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"Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world."

"Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world."

Stephen Gardiner, British Architect

First, Man, Order, World

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"First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes."

"First of all, many human diseases are influenced by, if not caused by mutations in genes."

Daniel Nathans, American Scientist

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"The first two missions have some test objectives, some new capabilities that we're going to try to develop on orbit to possibly be used on later flights."

"The first two missions have some test objectives, some new capabilities that we're going to try to develop on orbit to possibly be used on later flights."

Mark Kelly, American Musician

First, Objectives

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"We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it."

"We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it."

Willard Van Orman Quine, American Philosopher

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"Shoot first and ask questions later, and don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect you."

"Shoot first and ask questions later, and don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect you."

Hermann Goering, German Criminal

First, Questions, Will, Worry

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"First of all - I only believe what I see."

"First of all - I only believe what I see."

Moira Kelly, American Actress

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"First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers."

"First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers."

Claude Debussy, French Composer

First, Forget, Ladies, Gentlemen

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"I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff."

"I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff."

Robin Trower, English Musician

First, Influence

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"The first 2 weeks, they didn't learn the piece - they went through the process of how the piece was made."

"The first 2 weeks, they didn't learn the piece - they went through the process of how the piece was made."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

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"I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names."

"I miss the personalization that Vegas was - there were showroom captains and all the dealers knew the gamblers by their first names."

Wayne Newton, American Musician

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