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Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met?… — Jimmy Carter
The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing.… — Jimmy Carter
When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day,… — Julian Casablancas
I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the… — Giacomo Casanova
Always remember the first rule of power tactics; power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. — Saul Alinsky
A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. — Saul Alinsky
They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them.… — Michael N. Castle
I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie. — Kim Cattrall
The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love. — Kim Cattrall
I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in… — Nick Cave
The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant. — Richard Cecil
The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. — Fred Allen
Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a… — Fred Allen
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and… — Nicolas Chamfort
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. — Jackie Chan
When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they… — Jackie Chan
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first. — Chanakya
Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat… — Chanakya
The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. — Fred Allen
High school was interesting, because I went from a public school middle school to an academy where the first year we were doing Latin, chemistry,… — Kyle Chandler

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