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The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr.… — Charles Darwin
There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Place a substantial meal before a tired man and he will eat with effort and be little better for it at first. Give him a… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12. — Xavier Becerra
The actual flower is the plant's highest fulfilment, and are not here exclusively for herbaria, county floras and plant geography: they are here first of… — John Ruskin
How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on… — W.C. Fields
There is nothing in the world like the first taste of beer. — John Steinbeck
So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or shudder, at the… — Alistair Cooke
"Hit it with the back of your left hand" was the first swing thought I ever heard, brusquely bu not unlovingly put to me by… — John Updike
We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot. — Bob Hope
My golf game's gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake. — Ben Crenshaw
The first time I played the Masters, I was so nervous I drank a bottle of rum before I teed off. I shot the happiest… — Chi Chi Rodriguez
Everything was fine until I walked on to the first tee! — Seve Ballesteros
When you fall in love with golf, you seldom fall easy. ItÊ¹s obsession at first sight. — Thomas Boswell
First of all, it's a curse. Voodoo. As soon as a guy gets put on the cover of The Hockey News, it's like Sports Illustrated.… — Dean Lombardi
I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that… — Sally Ride
The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it. — Sally Ride
Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. — Gore Vidal
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation to all things — Stephen Covey
The greatest achievement was, at first, and for a time, but a dream. — Napoleon Hill

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