First Place Quotes

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In the first place, bureaucracies never become efficient; they're never going to get rid of administrative costs; they're never going to reduce them. That's not… — Rush Limbaugh
When we resent someone in some way we need to "be on the alert" that even innocent gestures on their part can become suspect to… — Cindy Wright
When we forgive someone, we do not forget the hurtful act, as if forgetting came along with the forgiveness package, the way strings come with… — Lewis B. Smedes
Why has marriage failed? In the first place, we raised it to unnatural standards. We tried to make it something permanent, something sacred, without knowing… — Rajneesh
... the modern state masks itself in moral ideologies which obscure its actual conduct. One of the most compelling and insidious of these ideologies is… — Unknown Author
In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first place to economic fundamentalism, with… — Carlos Fuentes
I've learned that you don't have to win first place to win. — Kim Zmeskal
If tolerance is taken to the point where it tolerates the destruction of those same principles that made tolerance possible in the first place, it… — Unknown Author
Does veganism require a â€œsacrificeâ€? Yes. It requires that you give up that which you never had any right to in the first place. — Gary L. Francione
The mere possession of monopoly power, and the concomitant charging of monopoly prices, is not only not unlawful, it is an important element of the… — Antonin Scalia
In the first place a philosophical proposition must be general. It must not deal specially with things on the surface of the earth, or within… — Bertrand Russell
If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window. — Andrew Wyeth
I think it would have been much better if Newton had contemplated how the apple got up there in the first place! — Viktor Schauberger
The best way to get people to think outside the box is not to create the box in the first place. — Martin Cooper
Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about… — Olga Korbut
Pity for these inhabitants, I have none. In the first place, they are rebels, and I am almost prepared to agree with Sherman that a… — Unknown Author
They're trying to say that greater federal authority would have made a difference, ... The reality is that the feds are the ones that screwed… — Unknown Author
Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to sing.… — Unknown Author
It was like sawdust, the unhappiness: it infiltrated everything, everything was a problem, everything made her cry - school, homework, boyfriends, the future, the lack… — Melanie Thernstrom
I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to… — John F. Kerry

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