Firsts Quotes
20399 Firsts quotes by 9251 unique authors
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Fenworth nodded. "Yes, yes. Urgent, deadly, insidious. The world is in peril and we must rise against evil." The old wizard released the general and…
— Donita K. Paul
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If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three…
— Anne Lamott
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It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply." God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Uriah looked better than he did an hour ago--he washed the blood from his mouth, and some of the color returned to his face. I'm…
— Veronica Roth
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We could say that love is a tenacious adventure. The adventurous side is necessary, but equally so is the need for tenacity. To give up…
— Alain Badiou
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I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.'…
— Jane Austen
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The love of literature, of language, of the mystery of the mind and heart showing themselves in the minute, strange, and unexpected combinations of letters…
— John Edward Williams
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I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace…
— J I Packer
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You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first…
— Robert Jordan
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Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry.
— Derrick Jensen
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we all have too many wheels, screws and valves to judge each other on first impressions or one or two pointers. I don't understand you,…
— Anton Chekhov
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The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in,…
— Tara Brach
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How shall I sum up my life? I think I've been particularly lucky. Does that have something to do with faith also? I know my…
— Audrey Hepburn
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You couldn't changed history. But you could get it right to start with. Do something differently the FIRST time around. This whole business with seeking…
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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You can be good for the mere sake of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness. You can do a kind…
— C.S. Lewis
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..She had that brand of pragmatism that would find her the first brewing tea after Armageddon.
— Clive Barker
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Unfortunately, you can’t vote the rascals out, because you never voted them in, in the first place
— Noam Chomsky
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The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should…
— Diana Vreeland
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Your thin white face, chérie; he said, as if he saw it for the first time. Your thin white face, with its promise of debauchery…
— Angela Carter
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