First Place Quotes

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I try not to think about marks, the first place or gold medal. The most important thing is to show what you are capable of… — Evgeni Plushenko
...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place. — George W. Bush
If we're bringing up kids that are so stupid that they kill themselves because of a song, what good are the kids in the first… — Marilyn Manson
But I also realize that winning doesn't always mean getting first place; it means getting the best out of yourself. — Meb Keflezighi
Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he… — Samuel Johnson
I don't how anybody taller than 6-4 can sit in those seats. And the airline executives don't give a damn 'cause they never walk back… — Charles Barkley
A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place. — Michael Douglas
What is it in you that brings you to a spiritual teacher in the first place? It's not the spirit in you, since that is… — Ken Wilber
Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it… — Angela Carter
Sir John Templeton: "My ethical principle in the first place was: 'Where could I use my talents that God gave me to help the most… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
If we ought not to fear mortal truth, still less should we dread scientific truth. In the first place it can not conflict with ethics?… — Henri Poincare
If I want to stop a research program I can always do it by getting a few experts to sit in on the subject, because… — Charles Kettering
In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free.… — Abraham Lincoln
You may have decided again and again, and again and again you have failed - not because smoking is such a great phenomenon that you… — Rajneesh
My last vestige of 'hands off religion' respect disappeared in the smoke and choking dust of September 11th 2001, followed by the 'National Day of… — Richard Dawkins
To live moment to moment is the life of meditation. Then life becomes spontaneous without any effort; then nobody can make you miserable, nobody can… — Rajneesh
Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place… — Dalai Lama
The more desires you have, the more misery you will create for yourself. Misery is a consequence of desiring - and you go on desiring.… — Rajneesh
I used to think that prayer should have the first place and teaching the second. I now feel it would be truer to give prayer… — James O. Fraser
It is good from time to time to recall all those big and little reasons why you wanted to quit smoking in the first place.… — Zig Ziglar

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