I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll… — Nik Wallenda Copy Share Image
Sometimes shutting off the sound on the television can allow you to actually watch the game and take it in in an… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I think the first person who kind of broke my mind was probably Jimi Hendrix. Listening to him opened my mind up… — King Tuff Copy Share Image
The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
I was always the first person in the theater all the time. If it was an eight-o'clock curtain, I was here at… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: every office I've run for I was the first to win. First person of color. First woman. First woman… — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
It's interesting most people don't really know what a producer does and really the producer is the very first person on-site and… — Carl Mazzocone Copy Share Image
I'm not the first person to talk about this, but L.A. is just sort of a weird city because it's just a… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
Almost all of the stories in The Matchmaker, the Apprentice, and the Football Fan are told in the first person, yet, depending… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
My eighth grade teacher, Mrs. Pabst, had done her master's thesis on Tolkien. She showed me how the trilogy was patterned after… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Why had Ovid lived in Ancient Rome in 20 BCE23 and not Chicago in 2006 CE? Would Ovid still have been Ovid… — John Green Copy Share Image
I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“His discontent stemmed from dislike rather than appreciation for the hardness growing in him, and the fear that in another ten years… — Roberta Pearce Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, we used to play this thing called 'the writing game' with our father. My brother and I… — Owen King Copy Share Image
Novels are political because in them, we try to identify with people who are not like us. And, in that sense, I… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The stress of me being the first person to put Hull on the TV, I honestly thought at one point I was… — Lucy Beaumont Copy Share Image
I've met some of the most famous celebrities in the world but Michael Phelps was the first person I've ever met with… — Phil Hellmuth Copy Share Image
By putting the first-person point of view in a naturalistic perspective, I believe that we may genuinely come to understand it for… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
When I first got to Apple, which was in '84, the Mac was already out, and 'Newsweek' contacted me and asked me… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
“If a friend starts behaving silly because you bother him so much, don't worry, you're not the first person, he has got… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I love bugs. And as the first person to popularize their eating in America, I take special pride in seeing their appreciation… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
A writer is obviously at his most natural and relaxed when he writes in the first person. Writing is a personal transaction… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
I think it's the best thing I've ever done. I think it's realistic, and it's true to the me that has been… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“before sunrise. Passion is what makes us feel most alive. My greatest passion is being a wife and a mother to my… — Ivanka Trump Copy Share Image
That's what my mother did. And my father was the first person she'd met who treated her kindly. She was terrified of… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
One of the things I loved about working on 'Portal' was that we'd get emails from people saying, 'I love to play… — Kim Swift Copy Share Image
The first person who's on your mind the moment you open your eyes after a long sleep is the reason of either… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have fond memories of the development work that led to a lot of great things in modern gaming - the intensity… — John Carmack Copy Share Image
If somebody says 'singer-songwriter' to me, the first person I think of is James Taylor. There are plenty of modern singer-songwriters, but… — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
Writing in the first person, you immediately open yourself up to the idea that there's a connection between you and the narrator. — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
I'm still very suspicious about this work, politics. I don't trust this world. And I know I'm not the first person to… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
Jerry Orbach was the first person to take me to the Friars Club. It's a beautiful building, and you walk into these… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
I want to be the first person to animate bags - everything done for handbags bores me to tears - I want… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
“We have gathered here today to honor Benjamin Ripley for being the first person to ever regurgitate a wombat through a flugelhorn.” — Stuart Gibbs Copy Share Image
The stories on standardized tests don't have one author, therefore they can never authentically be in the first person. Imagine that! Everywhere,… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
The way that I see third person is it's actually first person. Writing for me is all voice work. Third person narrative… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
Consciousness is phenomenologically subjective whenever there is a stable, consciously experienced first-person perspective. — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
“What's your first impression of a new place? Is it the first meal you eat? Your first ice cream cone? The first… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
