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We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.
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.
To create something you want to sell, you first study and research the market, then you develop the product to the best of your ability.
I say personally because I am 84 years old, and [Barack Obama's] is the first administration that has scared me in terms of my lifespan.
The aim of the poet, or other artist, is first to make something; and it's impossible to make something out of words and not communicate
I'm the first to admit that I like going to, or my memories at least of going to Clint Eastwood movies or Charles Bronson or James Bond.
Public speaking professionals say that you win or lose the battle to hold your audience in the first 30 seconds of a given presentation.
At first glance, there's a lot of sex on the Internet. Or not at first glance: nobody can find anything on the Internet at first glance.
In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.
I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets.
They determined who got the first question by a coin toss, to which Sarah Palin said, 'Oh, what a coincidence, that's how I got picked.'
Do not forget that even as "to work is to worship" so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious.
I'm not alone, I'm free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody; I don't have to be a first to anybody.
It was the first time I had ever made love. I wondered if he knew that. It felt like crying. I wondered, Why does anyone ever make love?
Revolutionary tactics cannot be invented by leaders; they must develop spontaneously-history comes first, leaders' consciousness second.
All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.
Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf is th' main thing.
You’re not the one having a hard time in the battlefield. The enemy’s also having a hard time—the only question is who breaks down first.
A mate of mine told me recently, 'It's the first time I've seen you work, Worthington.' I thought that was quite funny, but he was right.
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.
At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection.
It's time to stop tiptoeing around the pool and jump into the deep end, head first. It's time to think big, want more and achieve it all!
In the corporate community the key word is respect. In the corporate community you don't get a relationship until they respect you first.
I've always been criticized, right from the beginning! Right from the very first day I was born... They said I wasn't right for the part!
He must have smiled at me, though I don't really know, but I don't like to think that I would love someone who hadn't first smiled at me.
Besides, it's the first gift that's always the hardest to pay back. I wouldn't even have been here to do it if you hadn't helped me then.
GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets.
I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested.
That's the first band I ever played in that was working and I was getting paid for it. I was 12. The other guys were a lot older than me.
I am sad that the LDK has chosen not to participate in that first meeting. They are unhappy about the current composition of the council.
God didn't come down and tell me; I had to find it out through many years of experience. The work came first; the inspiration came later.
Psychologically, the teaching of abstractions first is wrong. Indeed, a thorough understanding of the concrete must precede the abstract.
When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.'
The success doesn't define you. The success isn't what gave you the edge in the first place. The failure didn't give me the edge, either.
Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton.
If you truly love someone, don't waste your time finding reasons to hate them. Spend it remembering why you love them in the first place.
I am not the first person to give birth naturally. Billions of other women have come before me and have done this - so why can't I do it?
In an abstract but real sense, Marxism arose through the breakdown first of religion and then of 'reason' as single sources of authority.
We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first.
I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.
My first husband and I are still good friends and there is no earthly reason why I should not see him. Larry and I are very much in love.
Ron, we're supposed to show the first years where to go!" "Oh yeah," said Ron, who had obviously forgotten. "Hey -- hey you lot! Midgets!
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
He got the crib, so for the first few months of my life I had to sleep in the top dresser drawer, which I'm pretty sure isn't even legal.
The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after.
No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of a second-rate man.
As a writer, you have to be willing to kill your darlings, and I'm a writer first. As a director, I've got no problem cutting the scenes.
I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits him/her.
I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.
Have you ever been tempted to start your own business? First read this cautionary tale, especially if you think your ideas come from God.