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If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I'd have had them first. — Lois Wyse
It was daunting at first. I did have insomnia for two weeks. — Chris Frantz
When I want to go to sleep, I must first get a whole menagerie of voices to shut up. You wouldn't believe what a racket… — Karl Kraus
We had planned to integrate a Web browser with our operating system as far back as 1993( filing its first court responses to federal antitrust) — Bill Gates
Microsoft has gotten so big that it can put out a Preview that will install itself without checking first to see if it has expired.… — Jerry Pournelle
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were so little known.… — Arthur Conan Doyle
I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes... — Phil Dusenberry
The first duty of society is justice. — Alexander Hamilton
When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first. — Kelly Cutrone
I'm going to write a book, continue acting, continue motivational speaking and just share with people who I am and what I've learned in my… — J. R. Martinez
I am not saying that Hitler was a choir boy. But I am saying, let him who was innocent in the Second World War cast… — Ernst Zundel
You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn. — Duane G. Carey
The history of acceptance of new theories frequently shows the following steps: At first the new idea is treated as pure nonsense, not worth looking… — Kurt Lewin
The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation. — Clarence Day
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Regarding homophobia in general, the good news is that there is a lot less of it than there used to be. The bad news is… — Barney Frank
To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom is the very… — Sri Aurobindo
The single largest variable that predicts SAT scores is family income. If you want higher SAT scores, you need to get your kids born into… — Unknown Author
In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south. — John F. Kennedy
Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you… — Abraham Lincoln
One of the first things I think young people, especially nowadays, should learn is how to see for yourself and listen for yourself and think… — Malcolm X
The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to… — Malcolm X
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. — Jules Michelet
Most African Americans, if given a chance, would have chosen to be 'just Americans' ever since the first of us was brought here to Jamestown… — Clarence Page
The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right… — Tecumseh

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