First Two Quotes

134 quotes by 123 authors

Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started… — James Franco
Over a 10-season stretch from 1967 to 1976, eight Super Bowl champions either were the Raiders or had to beat the Raiders in the playoffs.… — Joe Greene
To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years. — Ernest Hemingway
I remember reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' in high school in 1983. My family had immigrated to the U.S. three years before, and I had… — Khaled Hosseini
My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the… — Norah Jones
What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time… — Norah Jones
I was playing garbage minutes the first two to three weeks. There was definitely a little bit of 'what's going on?' in my prayers. — Jeremy Lin
It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and… — Simon Mainwaring
'Champagne' and 'breathmint' are the first two words all Oscar winners hear. — Michael Moore
I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR,… — Barack Obama
Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the… — Cesare Pavese
After 'Freaks and Geeks,' I dealt with several producers who wanted to cover up all my beauty marks, every single mole on my body. They… — Busy Philipps
The United States established itself as a trustworthy new nation in its first two decades after the Revolutionary War by paying its debts, even when… — John Podhoretz
I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of… — Salman Rushdie
I don't know of any other form of life that gathers up all the food it needs in the first two-thirds of its life in… — Douglas Rushkoff
Human relationships didn't work anyhow. Only the first two weeks had any zing, then the participants lost their interest. Masks dropped away and real people… — Charles Bukowski
R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not being more than,… — Douglas Adams
You and I are like the first two people on earth who at the beginning of the world had nothing to cover themselves with -… — Boris Pasternak
I make it through the first two weeks of school without a nuclear meltdown. — Laurie Halse Anderson

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