Firsts Quotes

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If I have an hour in a city, I go to vintage stores first because it's so much cooler to find a piece that is… — Helena Christensen
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put… — Agatha Christie
Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset… — Chris Christie
I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the… — Amy Chua
You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up… — Amy Chua
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. — Winston Churchill
The first quality that is needed is audacity. — Winston Churchill
If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We… — Madonna Ciccone
When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to… — Madonna Ciccone
Our first intuitions are the true ones. — Emile M. Cioran
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to… — Emile M. Cioran
The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band. — Eric Clapton
The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and… — Eric Clapton
I was gone so much in my first marriage. I love the moments when I engage with my youngest daughter now. It's not my thing… — Tim Allen
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one. — Arthur C. Clarke
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson. — John Henrik Clarke
To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed. — John Henrik Clarke
When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations… — John Henrik Clarke
I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not… — John Henrik Clarke
My daddy wanted me to be a farmer; feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in my town to… — John Henrik Clarke

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