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First Quotes

"I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well."

"I think my first instrument was a ukulele that they gave me. I used to know how to play that pretty well."

Don Henley, American Musician

First, Play, Pretty

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"It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems."

"It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems."

Gregory Bateson, British Scientist

First, Importance, Living

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"My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league."

"My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

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"My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger."

"My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger."

Juliana Hatfield, American Musician

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"The first perk of theatre is the girls."

"The first perk of theatre is the girls."

James Spader, American Actor

First, Girls, Theatre

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"How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank."

"How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

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"Like all New York hotel lady cashiers she had red hair and had been disappointed in her first husband."

"Like all New York hotel lady cashiers she had red hair and had been disappointed in her first husband."

Al Capp, American Cartoonist

First, HusbFirst, Lady, Hair

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"Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot."

"Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot."

Keith Emerson, British Musician

35

"The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender."

"The first amp I had back in the '50s was a small Fender."

Johnny Rivers, American Musician

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"I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'."

"I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'."

Bruce Schneier, American Scientist

First, Internet, Security

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"In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR."

"In the last 5 years I've been working with the LAPD, training police officers in first aid and CPR."

Bobby Sherman, American Musician

First, Police, Training, Years

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"First of all, I am not an expert on matters on different economic systems, but in my normal social intercourse with my friends we discussed matters like that."

"First of all, I am not an expert on matters on different economic systems, but in my normal social intercourse with my friends we discussed matters like that."

Julius Rosenberg, American Criminal

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"My first record I owned was by Les Paul."

"My first record I owned was by Les Paul."

Bill Wyman, British Musician

34

"I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix."

"I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix."

Noel Redding, English Musician

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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."

"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, American Actress

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"Actually, actually, when he first put us into hypnosis, he didn't know what he was going to get."

"Actually, actually, when he first put us into hypnosis, he didn't know what he was going to get."

Betty Hill, American Celebrity

34

"It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record."

"It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record."

Mac Davis, American Musician

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"There have been many cases in which stars have come to us first to break the news because they knew the pressure was on. They wanted to have it on the air so that they could give their honest evaluation of the situation."

"There have been many cases in which stars have come to us first to break the news because they knew the pressure was on. They wanted to have it on the air so that they could give their honest evaluation of the situation."

Mary Hart, American Entertainer

First, News, Pressure, Stars

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"When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing."

"When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing."

John Deacon, British Musician

First, Machines

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"First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis."

"First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis."

Maria Callas, American Musician

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"At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features."

"At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features."

Roman Jakobson, Russian Scientist

34

"It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name."

"It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name."

Corey Hart, Canadian Musician

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"That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while."

"That first bass I had was an Eko, a very old thing with a thin neck, I had that for quite a while."

John Deacon, British Musician

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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."

"Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit."

Jonathan Shapiro, South African Cartoonist

First, President

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"And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour."

"And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour."

Wanda Jackson, American Musician

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"I would first recommend we appoint a Police Director that commands the respect of the rank and file."

"I would first recommend we appoint a Police Director that commands the respect of the rank and file."

Vincent Frank, American Author

First, Police, Rank, Respect

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"Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first."

"Immortality is a long shot, I admit. But somebody has to be first."

Bill Cosby, American Comedian

First, Immortality

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"Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me."

"Charles Laughton signed me to my first movie contract at 17. He later asked my parents if he could adopt me."

Maureen O'Hara, Irish Actress

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"When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead."

"When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead."

Graham Coxon, German Musician

First, London, Pretty

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"I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22."

"I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22."

Richard Briers, English Actor

34

"Sound is the first thing that we tune into."

"Sound is the first thing that we tune into."

Lee Konitz, American Musician

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"I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those."

"I was skeptical about doing Texas Chainsaw at first because it's such a cult classic. I'd seen some of the sequels and was not a fan of those."

Jessica Biel, American Actress

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"The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances."

"The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

34

"First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode."

"First of all, it was in my contract. I knew I would be directing an episode."

Anthony Michael Hall, American Actor

34

"The first eight songs we were using someone else's monitors and it is hard to follow the changes when you are jamming if you can't hear those who you are jamming with."

"The first eight songs we were using someone else's monitors and it is hard to follow the changes when you are jamming if you can't hear those who you are jamming with."

John Entwistle, English Musician

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"Looking back across the years, so many pictures flash on the screen of my memory that just as I begin to see one clearly, another slides in, blotting out the first, itself to be pushed aside by the next and the next and the next."

"Looking back across the years, so many pictures flash on the screen of my memory that just as I begin to see one clearly, another slides in, blotting out the first, itself to be pushed aside by the next and the next and the next."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

First, Memory, Years

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"I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet."

"I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet."

August Wilson, American Playwright

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"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."

Karl von Frisch, Austrian Scientist

First, Philosophy, Zoology

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"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."

"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

First, Play, Talking, Wind

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"But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17."

"But, I didn't get my first break until I was 17."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

34

"We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album."

"We knew we wanted to put a lot of melody into it - a lot more than what we did on our first album."

John Otto, American Musician

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"There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."

"There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you."

Enya, Irish Musician

First, Formula, Journey, Song

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"In the second installment, I pretty much dominate the show. Somehow or another, though, I manage to apparently dominate the first show pretty well with just my voice and my hands and a shot of my boots kicking cartridges out of the way."

"In the second installment, I pretty much dominate the show. Somehow or another, though, I manage to apparently dominate the first show pretty well with just my voice and my hands and a shot of my boots kicking cartridges out of the way."

David Carradine, American Actor

First, Pretty, Voice

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"The first step in good reporting is good snooping."

"The first step in good reporting is good snooping."

Matt Drudge, American Celebrity

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"Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar and a half."

"Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar and a half."

William E. Geist, American Journalist

33

"The first album was 99 percent hard core to show you I was the best rhymer in the world."

"The first album was 99 percent hard core to show you I was the best rhymer in the world."

Big Pun, American Musician

33

"I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay."

"I'm not sure when I first knew that I was gay."

Mary Cheney, American Celebrity

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"I'm not a first-place person."

"I'm not a first-place person."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

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"Before you can do something you must first be something."

"Before you can do something you must first be something."

John Gielgud, English Actor

33

"When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it's very exciting."

"When I come out and sing the first few bars of Bill Bailey, it's very exciting."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

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