Firsts Quotes

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When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band - or… — Kurt Cobain
The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I… — Ty Cobb
So the first job that I got - my father got it for me - he had his clerical collar on, was a gay bar… — Tori Amos
The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's… — Harlan Coben
Writers always say, 'I always knew I wanted to be a writer; when I was a three-month-old foetus a pen formed in my hand and… — Harlan Coben
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around… — Harlan Coben
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If… — Jean Cocteau
Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep… — Jean Cocteau
I had the experience last year of directing my first feature while I had a 1-year-old son and while I was also pregnant, so I… — Diablo Cody
You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could… — Diablo Cody
It took me 40 years to write my first book. — Paulo Coelho
I was 15 when I first became deeply touched by the rhythm and structure of words. — Leonard Cohen
I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then… — Gregg Allman
'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would become the most biographical of… — Sam Abell
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only… — Kingsley Amis
I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the… — A. R. Ammons
I'm a musician first, a food-lover second, a dirty mouth with feet, and a girl last time I checked. — Tori Amos
I was two and a half when I first climbed up and sat at a piano. — Tori Amos
There is an energy that you carry when you're nurturing another life where you're protecting first - and once you know that cub is out… — Tori Amos

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