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At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts.
God uses no one until He first puts them through the storm. The greater your mission, the greater your storm.
I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.
Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.
I would remind my countrymen that they are to be men first, and Americans only at a late and convenient hour.
I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production.
We’ve been proud of the fact that we were known for our music first and it has been what makes us work harder
When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind
Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.
The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people.
The man who seeks to educate himself must first read and then travel in order to correct what he has learned.
If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
You have to look beyond race because as a human being you have to experience the person from the inside first
The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.
A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish.
Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS!
An artists is someone who does something for the first time, something human, something that touches another.
Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.
I did some products for the Apple II, most notably the first small low cost thermal printer, the Silent Type.
Faith only operates when linked with HIS purposes, and the first of them is to 'bless all families on earth'.
We want to have movies be seen. So, first and foremost, what's the world? So we can get it onto a big screen.
I went through a lifestyle change when I dropped 40 pounds. Taking care of my diet was the first thing I did.
It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.
I identify myself as a stand-up first. Even though lately there's been an explosion of acting on my schedule.
The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK.
But he is tired. He puts the pistol to his head again. He says, “I never asked to be born in the first place.
There is not a man born among us who dreams—at first—of service, although in the end, many are bent that way.
If you intend to create something that people will observe and listen to, you've got to listen to them first.
I used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, '59 I got called Ringo.
Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.
Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.
Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)
I don't feel [the] excitement you have when you first walk into a recording studio. It now feels like a tool.
Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.
Physical strength therefore is one of the first conditions of happiness and even of the existence of nations.
To the frivolous Christianity is certainly not glad tidings, for it wishes first of all to make them serious.
Any time a new technology is introduced, like when TV was first invented, everybody was like, "Radio's dead."
You must first realize that you are in a dream. Then you must realize that your current dream is a nightmare.
A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.
For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day.
I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks into it.
You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.
Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.
Have you ever heard of the expression, ladies first" "Yes" "Well, it's truer in bed than it is anywhere else.
The first duty of a revolutionist is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
You can't solve your problems by using the same thinking that got you into those problems in the first place.
Just because no one has ever gotten better from Spasmodic Dysphonia before doesn't mean I can't be the first.
First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person.
In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.
Don't have any meetings about your web strategy. Just do stuff. First you have to fail, then you can improve.