First Time Quotes
2420 quotes by 1813 authors
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Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever…
— Francis Cornford
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We believe that the first time we're born, as children, it's human life given to us; and when we accept Jesus as our Savior, it's…
— Jimmy Carter
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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
— Unknown Author
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Love yourself...accept yourself...be yourself-these qualities will create for the first time an individual whose inner flame is undividable a great pool of energy will gather…
— Rajneesh
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I am as fond of colorful language as anyone, but I try not to inflict it upon strangers. I suspect many people sense they should…
— Roger Ebert
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I've been around a long time, and young men, if there is one thing I know, it is that the only way to kiss a…
— Roger Ebert
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One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet…
— Clifford Odets
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I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera…
— Lesley Garrett
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We look so very different from the way we sound. It’s a shock, similar to hearing your own voice for the first time, when you’re…
— Elizabeth Hay
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Cable is not a robot. The metal in his body is actually organic tissue. Ed and I have talked about this a lot. We liken…
— Jeph Loeb
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The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.
— Tom T. Hall
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I think one of the most rewarding experiences in life is to see people come to Christ and make lifestyle changes. When that happens, you…
— Jeremy Lin
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Think of Florence, Paris, London, New York. Nobody visiting them for the first time is a stranger because he's already visited them in paintings, novels,…
— Alasdair Gray
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I was 4 years old when I sang in public for the very first time.
— Mireille Mathieu
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Well, the first time I ran into the term religion, people were asking whether you had any. You know, some people had religion and some…
— Bernice Johnson Reagon
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Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. Tradition lives in conversation with the past, while remembering…
— Jaroslav Pelikan
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Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters,…
— Dogen
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When we stop fighting with ourselves, we aren't creating anymore conflict in our mind. Then our mind can for the first time relax and be…
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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After the discovery in 1918 of love letters revealing that Franklin was involved with Lucy Mercer: The bottom dropped out of my own particular world,…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of…
— Alex Ferguson
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