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I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know… — Josephine Baker
If you want to control other people, first control yourself. — Abu Bakr
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we… — Mikhail Bakunin
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in… — Emily Greene Balch
When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a… — Amy Adams
No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time. — James A. Baldwin
In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding than baseball. — Stephen Baldwin
I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything… — Christian Bale
Putting on weight is easy all the way through. But after the first couple of weeks, the novelty wears off very quickly, and your body… — Christian Bale
I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it… — Alan Ball
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made… — Alan Ball
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. — Lucille Ball
The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. — Honore de Balzac
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. — Honore de Balzac
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. — Honore de Balzac
Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make… — Honore de Balzac
I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if… — Eric Bana
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. — George Bancroft
I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just… — Antonio Banderas

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