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First Quotes by Betty Smith
- Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that…
- Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with…
- Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.
- You took a walk on a Sunday afternoon and came to a nice neighborhood, very refined. You saw a small one of these trees through…
- It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to…
- It is a good thing to learn the truth one's self. To first believe with all your heart, and then not to believe, is good…
- Everything, decided Francie after that first lecture, was vibrant with life and there was no death in chemistry. She was puzzled as to why learned…
- Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled…
More First Quotes
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong