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Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want… — Robin Williams
When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I… — Ulysses S. Grant
Angel, saint, Devil's spawn, good or evil, you've got me pinned to the wall and labeled as yours until the day I die. And if… — Virginia C. Andrews
At 8 o'clock in the morning a dense throng of workers - almost 10,000 - assembled in the square, which the police had already occupied… — Unknown Author
The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together. — Neil Young
I read some gossip thing saying, because I looked really uncomfortable in a paparazzi photo or something, they're like, 'He should get used to it.… — Robert Pattinson
A bright light filled the plane. The first shock-wave hit us. We were eleven and a half miles slant range from the atomic explosion but… — Paul Tibbets
Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability. — Sun Tzu
Upon hearing the results of her breast examination, the First Lady said - "I guess it's my turn." — Nancy Reagan
It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade… — Abigail Van Buren
We find ourselves ethically destitute just when, for the first time, we are faced with ultimacy, the irreversible closing down of the earth's functioning in… — Thomas Berry
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved… — William Shakespeare
Some men never seem to grow old. Always active in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with foggyism. Satisfied, yet… — William Shakespeare
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a… — Grace Abbott
We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human rights and hard-won… — Bernard Lown
Whether children have first amendment rights is a vexed legal question, but what is not in question is that they someday will. Constraining them from… — Unknown Author
Ever since I had my first child I have been passionate in my commitment to preserve our precious resources for my children and their children's… — Kyra Sedgwick
I look at Obama, a young man, a good-looking person. That is my first impression, I feel sorry for him. He looks 100 percent like… — Alexander Lukashenko
Russell Brand has announced that he plans to write a series of children's books. First up: 'Horton Hears a Heroin Dealer.' — Joan Rivers
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can… — Terry Tempest Williams
His ears were often the first thing to catch my tears. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I can still see my first dog. For six years he met me at the same place after school and convoyed me home - a… — Elwyn Brooks White
First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and… — Alexander Lebed
A savvy entrepreneur will not always look for investment money, first. — Daymond John
The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have… — Jim Rohn

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