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"After I got my first laugh on stage, I was hooked."
Matthew Perry
"After I got my first laugh on stage, I was hooked."
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"I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it."
Lucinda Williams
"I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it."
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"I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things."
Walt Disney
"I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things."
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"The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue."
Rue McClanahan
"The first clothing line I had was called Very Rue. Then we changed the name and moved to QVC, and the name became A Touch of Rue."
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"When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man."
Ron Wood
"When I first saw Jo, I said boom, that was it, because I'm a one-woman man."
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"The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi."
Fred Allen
"The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi."
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"I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard."
Paul Westerberg
"I forever felt that I've fallen right between the crack of way too young for the first generation of classic rock 'n' roll and too old to be brand-new. It's hard."
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"The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater."
Judi Dench
"The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater."
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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."
Siobhan Davies
"The first 2 weeks, they didn't learn the piece - they went through the process of how the piece was made."
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"I had gotten one of the first Korg synthesizers with 300 presets."
Steven Tyler
"I had gotten one of the first Korg synthesizers with 300 presets."
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"First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III."
Beau Bridges
"First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III."
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"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."
Oscar Wilde
"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."
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"In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note."
George Shearing
"In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note."
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"My first record I owned was by Les Paul."
Bill Wyman
"My first record I owned was by Les Paul."
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"Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical."
Jim Coleman
"Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical."
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"It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of a play, it falls apart completely and the rehearsal process is such that you begin to pick up the pieces and put it back together again."
Treat Williams
"It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of a play, it falls apart completely and the rehearsal process is such that you begin to pick up the pieces and put it back together again."
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"Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays."
Terry Riley
"Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays."
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"It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified."
"It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified."
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"The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles."
Swoosie Kurtz
"The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles."
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"In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made."
Johnny Rivers
"In 1965, Gibson made the red one I use now, and a black one, which was the first black 335 they ever made."
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"I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place."
Rick Wakeman
"I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place."
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"Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice."
Brandon Thomas
"Florida has been really cool to us. This is our first big club tour, and Pennywise has been really nice."
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"I can remember the first face-lift show that came on. I rang up everyone - are you watching? I'm watching."
Jennifer Saunders
"I can remember the first face-lift show that came on. I rang up everyone - are you watching? I'm watching."
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"But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president."
Laura Prepon
"But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president."
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"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."
Carroll O'Connor
"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."
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"My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI."
Martin Sheen
"My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI."
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"To finish first you must first finish."
Rick Mears
"To finish first you must first finish."
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"The first Halloween was very well made. The second one was also well made, though I didn't like it as well as the first one. The third one had nothing to do with the series at all and perhaps shouldn't have been made at all."
Donald Pleasence
"The first Halloween was very well made. The second one was also well made, though I didn't like it as well as the first one. The third one had nothing to do with the series at all and perhaps shouldn't have been made at all."
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"And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable."
Eli Wallach
"And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable."
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"The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry."
Derek Barton
"The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry."
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"Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977."
Gregory Harrison
"Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977."
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"First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis."
Maria Callas
"First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis."
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"My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected."
Duncan Sheik
"My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected."
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"I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me."
Ethel Merman
"I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me."
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"Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'"
Kristen Stewart
"Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'"
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"Manage yourself first and others will take your orders."
David Seabury
"Manage yourself first and others will take your orders."
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"You must see first before you can believe."
Raymond Holliwell
"You must see first before you can believe."
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"Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first."
Steve Lacy
"Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first."
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"I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit."
Justin Timberlake
"I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit."
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"I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra."
Lalla Ward
"I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra."
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"My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood."
Kurtis Blow
"My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood."
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"Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance."
Rene Cassin
"Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance."
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"I did my first recording. It was called The Champ."
Jimmy Smith
"I did my first recording. It was called The Champ."
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"At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it."
Tim Conway
"At first I wanted to be a jockey. I rode horses in Cleveland but I kept falling off and I was afraid of horses. So there wasn't much of a future in it."
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"We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights."
Mark Kelly
"We're doing a lot of inspection on the leading edge of our wing on 114 and 121, the first two flights."
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"George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers."
Ringo Starr
"George was getting alot of independence for himself in those days. He was writing more, and wanted things to go his way - where, when we first started things basically went John and Paul's way. You know, 'cuz they were the writers."
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"I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement. At first, I was completely irritated. But I ended up loving it."
Sophia Bush
"I wanted to be a doctor when I was a kid, but I started doing theater in high school because it was a requirement. At first, I was completely irritated. But I ended up loving it."
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"Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit."
Jonathan Shapiro
"Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit."
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"Anyone who would let Gary Cooper and the entire cast go charging on horseback without first finding out what kind of footing the horses had is nuts and cannot possibly direct a motion picture."
Dick York
"Anyone who would let Gary Cooper and the entire cast go charging on horseback without first finding out what kind of footing the horses had is nuts and cannot possibly direct a motion picture."
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"It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature."
Matthew McGrory
"It was weird because I'd only been in L.A. for about six months and I had my first feature."
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