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Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear.
It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.
The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.
The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magics, it's the hardest thing to do.
There are bad types and good types, and the whole science and art of typography begins after the first category has been set aside.
Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.
This is the first medal I've ever won in an international meet. For it to be gold is incredible. It feels great. I can't explain it.
I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.
It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.
When you do your first book, you're just like, "This is my work." And it's just this whole other world that you throw yourself into.
The first time I heard Ron Whitehead read I felt what I imagine those who heard Abraham Lincoln deliver The Gettysburg Address felt.
Into the Music was about the first album where I felt, 'I'm starting here'...the Wavelength thing, I didn't really feel that was me.
He whose first emotion, on the view of an excellent work, is to undervalue or depreciate it, will never have one of his own to show.
Every individual has the power to change his or her material or financial status by first changing the nature of his or her beliefs.
I do not know at first what it is that harms me. The men and things of to-day are wont to be fairer and truer in to-morrow's memory.
On speaking: first, have something to say; second, say it; third, stop when you have said it; and finally give it an accurate title.
TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.
The world isn't set up equally, and the first billion people using Facebook have way more money than the rest of the world combined.
The strange thing with Wikipedia is that the first article that ever gets written about you will define your Wikipedia page forever.
The first rule of Zombieland: Cardio. When the zombie outbreak first hit, the first to go, for obvious reasons ... were the fatties.
The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.
But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first.
My first work in comics had an Adult theme and I had to create a nom du plume to separate that work and my Children's entertainment.
I've been involved in and out of the UN for many years - in fact my first internship was in 1971, so it goes back a couple of years!
It was the first time she'd discovered something she really didn't want to find, and she didn't know what to do once she'd found it.
For me to win at New Hampshire, first of all, is more than a stretch and more than a dream. This is probably one of my worst places.
It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.
First come I; my name is Jowett. There's no knowledge but I know it. I am Master of this college: What I don't know isn't knowledge.
Folks who talk about no violence are always the ones who are first to call a policeman and usually they are sure there is one handy.
If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.
I first start with weep with those who weep, rejoice with those who rejoice, be sympathetic, show tenderness and brotherly kindness.
Reverend Hale is so interesting because at first he's like, "Oh, she's got the mark." Then by the end he's like, "You're all crazy."
I put God first, and strive to do my best by being a loving human being, recognizing that sometimes I make mistakes and bad choices.
Confronted with economic problems, politicians always blame the private sector first ... [even] blaming the problem on the solution.
I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.
Do not fear the shadowy places. You will never be the first one there. Another went ahead and down until He came out the other side.
I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.
If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.
Sometimes I pick up a book and I say: Well, so you've written it first, have you? Good for you. O.K., then I won't have to write it.
As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens.
But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.
Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.
I am the first to admit that I am no great orator or no person that got where I have gotten by any William Jennings Bryan technique.
The first time I jumped from a plane, I screamed like a woman. I was two miles up and you could hear me clear as day. Now I love it.
Goodness is, so to speak, itself; badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
I started collecting couture when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and the very first piece I bought was a Balenciaga suit from 1962.
Ladies, first and foremost: you're on your own. No more rules neatly laid out for you to follow. You have to make up YOUR OWN rules.
You can go down a list of footballers since the Premier League and I don't think David Beckham would probably be in the first 1,000.