I First Quotes

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All Kings, and all their favorites, All glory of honors, beauties, wits, The sun itself, which makes times, as they pass, Is elder by a… — John Donne
When I first heard music, I thought it should be very clean, very precise. Something that people could understand, something that was beautiful. — Charlie Parker
I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal — Irwin Shaw
When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a… — Florence Henderson
Liverpool wouldn't be the club it is today without Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley and the players who played there. When I first went there… — Unknown Author
Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when… — Billy Eckstine
When I first saw you with your smile so tender, my heart was captured, my soul surrendered. — Elvis Presley
When I first started writing plays I couldn't write good dialogue because I didn't respect how black people talked. I thought that in order to… — August Wilson
Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the… — Peter Benenson
The story goes that I first had the idea for The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck. — Douglas Adams
I met Rodney when I first moved to LA, so I'd say 20 years. He's the eternal teenager. — Kathy Valentine
But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my… — Terry Kath
I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm… — Jacqueline McKenzie
When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. — Nicholson Baker
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down… — Karl Marlantes
I first studied to be a preacher, but decided that I was too prone to tell big stories. Then I studied Blackstone for a while… — Unknown Author
I was very bitter, frustrated, hurt, angry - I went through all types of emotions when I first was out of the WNBA. — Sheryl Swoopes
I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he… — Esther Williams
When I first saw The Black Kat Boppers I was sat on a hill at a festival and could hear this music in a tent that literally… — Paul Simonon
I never had a low self-esteem that would make me gay. At one point, though, the reverse happened. Being homosexual led me to have a… — Unknown Author
When I first arrived in beautiful Zimbabwe, it was difficult to understand that 35 percent of the population is HIV positive. It really wasn't until… — Unknown Author
I entered the water as naked as when my mother bore me. When I first touched the cold water I felt a shudder go through… — Tayeb Salih
When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and… — Agnes Martin
Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level. — Patrick Marber
I hated all my life. I hated everybody. When I first grew up and can remember, I was dressed as a girl by mother. And… — Henry Lee Lucas

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