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In school, you are given the lesson first. On the street, you're given the mistake first and then it's up to you to find the… — Robert Kiyosaki
But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do. — Cheryl Tiegs
Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Knowledge always desires increase, it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself. — Samuel Johnson
Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition. — Plotinus
The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this… — Mahnaz Afkhami
You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn. — Desiderius Erasmus
Each part of the mind sees only a little of what happens in some others, and that little is swiftly refined, reformulated and "represented." We… — Marvin Minsky
If a rhinoceros were to enter this restaurant now, there is no denying he would have great power here. But I should be the first… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first. — Pearl Bailey
Now there are five matters to which a general must pay strict heed. The first of these is administration; the second, preparedness; the third, determination;… — Unknown Author
Good leaders must first become good servants. — Robert K. Greenleaf
Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others. — Robert K. Greenleaf
I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from… — Henry David Thoreau
If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the… — Albert Einstein
Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education. — John Hersey
Could it be ... that the hero is one who is willing to set out, take the first step, shoulder something? Perhaps the hero is… — P L Travers
Were the offer made true, I would engage to run again, from beginning to end, the same career of life. All I would ask should… — Benjamin Franklin
First of all, let us try to know what love is. If love means to possess someone or something, then that is not real love,… — Sri Chinmoy
It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight. — Rudyard Kipling

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