First Quotes · Page 89

I became the first Brazilian women to win a UFC title. That is huge.

— Amanda Nunes

The first time I ever went on set was during 'Fiza' when I was in Class X.

— Vicky Kaushal

People forget what it was like to be young, the stuff I'm expressing now is for the first time.

— Joss Stone

I love LeBron, but Kobe was the first player I actually considered my favorite.

— Jahlil Okafor

“Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.”

— Terry Pratchett

I don't believe there is a need for a first among equals when it comes to the industry's top actors.

— Suresh Gopi

When I launched my first campaign in 1999, I knew that the arc of my public service would have many chapters.

— Jim Matheson

The first time I went to Hollywood, I was 25 years old. My background was mostly Italian.

— Isabella Rossellini

When I'm in the pick-and-roll, I'm looking to be a playmaker first and to score second. When I'm playing off the ball…

— Rodney Hood

We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to…

— Wayne Wonder

I think that certainly, whenever you have a new band, the first record always has a certain energy to it before you…

— Kim Gordon

My parents were just really weird and protective about the music I listened to. Whenever I wanted to buy an album, they…

— Dane DeHaan

I was baptized Methodist, but I was mainly raised First Church of NFL, which is to say that my family, especially my…

— Christopher Moore

The moment that changed me for ever was when I had my first seminar with my history professor at the University of…

— Philippa Gregory

When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as…

— Alice Morse Earle

It's always a problem, getting the curtain in at the end of the first act; having enough of a resolve so that…

— Twyla Tharp

I tell everybody on the first day of making a movie that if anyone's here to further their career, they should leave.…

— Michael Moore

I am a lip person. I constantly need a really good lip moisturizer with me. Mine is a Clairin's moisture replenishing lip…

— Lindy Booth

When I first came to L.A., I worked at the Magic Castle, and it was so much fun. But the best part…

— Steve Valentine

At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able…

— Bo Burnham

I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the first 40 pages,…

— Isabel Allende

We began our 'Luxe Life' and 'Vegas DeLuxe daily columns' not long after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and we've spent a decade…

— Robin Leach

My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid. I just sort…

— Xavier Rudd

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

— Robin Trower

At first, I wanted to start my own label, but it was such a full-time job that it became too much.

— Vonda Shepard

When she offered me 'Arshinagar,' Aparna's interpretation of 'Romeo & Juliet,' my first instinct was to say no.

— Waheeda Rehman

After a three-month course in acting, I bagged my first film 'Suraksha' - opposite actor Suniel Shetty.

— Divya Dutta

Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways.

— Amanda Shires

'Dhadak' was the first film I was meant to do. And it is very close to my heart.

— Ishaan Khatter

I was connected to the theater, it was my first love, where my career was focused, on interesting ways to tell stories.

— Marielle Heller

It was watching Franco's 'Romeo and Juliet' at the age of 15 that first made me want to act.

— Liza Tarbuck

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

— John Ridley

When I first saw stand-up it was Lee Evans. Then I got into Ricky Gervais - we're both from Reading.

— Tom Rosenthal

If my children call me during the day and leave a message, I return those calls first, not last.

— Dave Checketts

My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.

— Damien Chazelle

I was very lucky that my first film, 'The Blind Side,' I worked with Sandra Bullock.

— Lily Collins

Acting was the first thing that obsessed me when I was 8-9 years old.

— Deepti Naval

I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.

— Harmony Korine

Scoring first changes everything. It makes everything easier for us.

— Philipp Lahm