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When I first started writing, I was living in England and I had that uniquely English sense of sarcasm, which has definitely seemed to have… — Jane Green
A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib… — James M. Barrie
That morning was when I first began to reappraise the 'white man.' It was when I first began to perceive that 'white man,' as commonly… — Malcolm X
And in the racial climate of this country today, it is anybody's guess which of the 'extremes' in approach to the black man's problems might… — Malcolm X
Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned — Mark Twain
The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest… — Hugo Black
When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of hostility… — Ronald Reagan
To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life, may I just… — Ronald Reagan
Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies. — Charles Caleb Colton
You lay, a small knuckle on my white bed; lay, that fist like a snail, small and strong at my breast. Your lips are animals;… — Anne Sexton
Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country. — Lord Acton
[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst… — Barbara Pym
I heard of somebody once who said he was interested in doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest number, and that the greatest… — Sterling W Sill
If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as… — Charles Caleb Colton
What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth. — Denis Diderot
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forgetting is woman's first and greatest art. — Richard Aldington
At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but as soon as gets one, she wants everything else in the world. — E. W. Howe
The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school… — Napoleon Bonaparte

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