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Here at work, obviously, I make the most money of anyone on the show, so I try to be the first one here and the… — Jay Leno
If the boss is a jerk, get over it. First of all, don't you think there's a good chance that your boss's boss knows what's… — Suze Orman
I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn't make a penny, I worked so… — Orhan Pamuk
Good work is no done by "humble" men. It is one of the first duties of a professor, for example, in any subject, to exaggerate… — G. H. Hardy
Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in… — Benjamin Franklin
[Great scientists] are men of bold ideas, but highly critical of their own ideas: they try to find whether their ideas are right by trying… — Karl Popper
[The] weakness of biological balance studies has aptly been illustrated by comparison with the working of a slot machine. A penny brings forth one package… — Unknown Author
Can't you see... that I made it? Yeah I made it First I made you who you are, but then I made it. — Drake
I wonder why I never learn my lesson. It's feeling like the second chance and it's the first impression — Drake
None of us suffers as much as we should, or loves as much as we say. Love is the first lie; wisdom the last. — Djuna Barnes
When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, 'It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship… — Uma Thurman
It is in this unearthly first hour of spring twilight that earth's almost agonized livingness is most felt. This hour is so dreadful to some… — Elizabeth Bowen
He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men's weapons… — Sun Tzu
Peter was dull; he was at first Dull; - Oh, so dull - so very dull! Whether he talked, wrote, or rehearsed - Still with… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry, theories of structures, or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture- literally a vision-in the… — Unknown Author
The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As First Lady Michelle… — Arne Duncan
I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me… — Laozi
If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my… — Amy Carmichael
As we have explained, in first love the soul is taken long before the body; later the body is taken long before the soul; sometimes… — Victor Hugo
No one will learn anything at all, unless one first will learn humility. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

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