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I will be the first to say when I know I can't fight due to injury, as my long-term health is my number one priority.
My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.'
I'd be the first to say that I'm a distant individual. I have a tendency to come across as being aloof and dismissive.
I'm happy to be part of the UFC and I'm happy to be the first Polish champion and the first European women's champion.
There's nothing more exciting than to watch a story break and grow, and to be the first one to present it to the world.
We should be the first to help disadvantaged people. What would happen if other countries decided to follow our example?
My youngest sister does not like tennis at all, and she'll be the first one to tell you that, which I find pretty funny.
I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it.
When foreigners struggle for their freedoms, they've long expected the U.S. government to be the first to stand with them.
When I was in high school, if one of my friends got pregnant, I'd be the first person they'd come to. I never was judgmental.
One of the things Goldman teaches you is, don't be the first guy through the door because you're going to get all the arrows.
I've never had plastic surgery, but if they made a new invention for making people taller, I'd be the first to have the surgery.
I've no desire to start a movement, to be the first name on an open petition, or to be the poster child for disgruntled writers.
I want to be the first person to animate bags - everything done for handbags bores me to tears - I want to make it more playful.
This will be the first time in my lifetime I'm voting for a Democrat. I'm going to vote for Hillary Clinton. I've already voted.
To be able to be the first person from NXT to defend their NXT Championship at WrestleMania is awesome and I love making history.
When I was 14, I told all the girls in my class that I wanted to be the first woman prime minister. Someone else beat me to that!
People go through life and make personal decisions and sometimes they don't work out. I won't be the first person to be divorced.
I am proud to be the first Hindu American to have been elected to Congress and now the first Hindu American to run for president.
I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese player to join United.
I would sacrifice 1,000 yards rushing to win a Super Bowl. But I want to be the first back to have back-to-back 2,000-yard seasons.
We want Angolans who have fortunes abroad to be the first to invest in the country, thus demonstrating that they are true patriots.
At the end of the day I want to be the first rider across that finish line and I'll just find the quickest and easiest way to do it.
I don't believe in nirvana. If nirvana was handed to us on a silver platter, this would be the first day of our struggle to keep it.
I'm not going to be the next anything. I'm going to be the first me, and someone's going to follow, and then they'll be the next me.
I felt I had 'made it' as a model when I was invited to be the first model to shoot for the 2019 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit issue.
A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.
I am certainly glad to be the first Chilean ever playing for Arsenal. I will do my best to achieve every possible thing with the club.
Members of Congress and their staffs should be the first to feel the negative consequences of poorly written legislation, not the last.
Someone asked if I wanted to be the first female Bond, and I was saying that I don't think we necessarily need that whole conversation.
When I first heard that Barack Obama was going to be the first black president, I wanted to do the smallest, biggest tribute in history.
Whether you like it or not, the last few years I'd be the first one to tell you I haven't been the Pedro Martinez that I'm used to being.
In a society that glorifies the pioneers, it's easy to think that an endeavor is only worth pursuing if you can be the first to pursue it.
I'm a little bit of a geek - I have to be the first person to get new things when they come out. I always want to buy and try new gadgets.
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature.
I want to be the first female to main-event WrestleMania, and I just want to continue to get better and better and continue my dad's legacy.
When I was playing good, nobody was saying I was playing good. When I was playing bad, I would be the first one on the front of the journal.
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.
For resident stability, I fully agree with the government's stance that stabilizing the housing market should be the first and foremost step.
What's more important than who's going to be the first black manager is who's going to be the first black sports editor of the New York Times.
Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted.
I hadn't seen any people like me on TV before, and I definitely didn't want to be the first one. I didn't want that responsibility on my head.
If you're going to run a small business, you need to know what everyone is doing, be the first one in and the last one out, and work weekends.
This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.
Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
I'd love to cover an 'Incubus' song. I don't think anybody in a cowboy hat on a country stage has ever done that, and I'd love to be the first.
I don't think patient would be the first word that anybody that knows me would describe me as. But I think that's anybody in competitive sports.
I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.