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Shoes: that putting them on a bed invited death into the family, that a quarrel would follow if one put on the left shoe first. — Khaled Hosseini

As a military child I first learned how to deal with different types of people and how to deal with order. — Shaquille O'Neal

When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were - large, brilliant, and black. — Charlotte Bronte

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do. — Epictetus

When I was the first time for a job in New York, I saw Natalia Vodianova on an oversized billboard in Times Square on a Calvin Klein billboard. — Lara Stone

What's proper workplace etiquette for picking up computer and tossing out window? Open window first or break glass? — Abigail Roux

Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories. — Polybius

Everyone said, 'Emil, you are a fool!'
But when I first won the European Championship, they said: 'Emil, you are a genius!' — Emil Zatopek

In 1974, I first met Carl. I was 25 years old. I am 51 now. — Ann Druyan

While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned. — Ted Nugent

Fragrance is the first layer of dressing, a woman's invisible body suit. — Donna Karan

Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first. — Pete Seeger

You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place. — Elon Musk

The first years of my life in the U.S. were very difficult. — Shirin Neshat

People are rarely what they first appear - good, bad, or otherwise. — Jayne Castel

Instead of bringing this diamond to our meeting the first time we met, he decided to come with a rhinestone. — Lucinda John

We do not hold that doctrine gives rise to awakening but rather that the individual awakenings come first. — Haruki Murakami

Sex scenes in books are always like first person, from this male perspective and just about how awesome he is. It feels like such a fantasy. — Joe Meno

YouTube can sometimes be really discouraging. When I first started doing it, I almost stopped doing it. — Bethany Mota

English is my second language. Laughter is my first. — Paul Krassner

First Pallas and now you," the gray-haired man said, shaking his head at Nick. "It's like I'm running a goddamn dating service around here. — Julie James

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. — Pedro Martinez

Moving first is a tactic, not a goal. — Peter Thiel

I'm a singer and a writer first. I started to rap by accident, being playful. — Kesha

A bride should look chaste - not caught. — Roberta Pearce

The light of the dawn is not so sweet as the first glimpses of fame. — Luc De Clapiers

The first novel that I wrote was because I was having very interesting sorts of experiences, for Indians of my generation. — Karan Bajaj

We were not desperate for love, we were desperate for each other's love."

The first implies weakness-
the second only heaven — Michael Xavier

Have you noticed that the imbecile always smiles? Man's first frown is the first touch of God on his forehead. The touch of thought. — Ayn Rand

Snap judgments are, first of all, enormously quick: they rely on the thinnest slices of experience. But they are also unconscious. — Malcolm Gladwell

The journey from first breath to death has nothing to do with miracles, how much you pray, coincidences, or divine intervention. Sometimes — Colleen Hoover

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur. — Arnold Palmer

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. — Richard Bach

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself. — Lauren Miller

Keeping it all normal and keeping us together is my first priority. Then I fit films into my life. — Kelly Preston

It is not a crime to commit First Degree Writing — Temple Emmet Williams

Why, for mercy's sake, did boys try to dance who didn't know the first thing about dancing; and who had feet as big as boats? — L.M. Montgomery

Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy. — Adam Shankman

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. — Karl Marx

for the average team, insisting on writing tests first, before functional coding, improves quality. — David J. Anderson

It was the first time in years I didn't wonder if my father was out there, looking at it too. — Ally Carter

Entertainment has a bad name ... The word wears spandex, pasties, a leisure suit studded with blinking lights. — Michael Chabon

At that age, I was, first and foremost, a thing to be judged, and that shifted the power in every interaction onto the other person. The — Emma Cline

My team can't agree on our first design. So, your team is made up of dynamic, creative minds that think differently. Congratulations! — Greg Nudelman

From above, start with the privileged view. — Maureen Howard

From that first meeting, I totally loved working with Joey, it was a real collaboration. — Ronnie Spector

The blond absence of any program except last and always and first to live makes unimportant what i and you believe; — E. E. Cummings

I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I was two years old. — Dinaw Mengestu

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent. — William Gilmore Simms

Ah, ah, ahhh ... first one gets mad, then one goes mad — Ken Kesey

When was the last time you did something for the first time? — John C. Maxwell

When I first went to prison, I was even questioning where, God, where are you? — Jim Bakker

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith

Shouldn't you be asking for my name first? — Kip Fulbeck

304. Our service has to be first and foremost to God — Sunday Adelaja

I cross my arms. 'Seriously? That's the answer you're going with? First quantum physics and now nowhere and everywhere? — Wendy Mass

My first car was a BMW. A white BMW. — Jamie-Lynn Sigler

The intensely felt subjective image is always the reason for making a first rate picture. — Henry Holmes Smith

To me, writing is like learning to ride a bike. At first you have your training wheels on but before you know it, you have graduated to a ten speed!! — Lorine S. Thomas

The story you are holding was first published in 1969, which was, as you may know, a very interesting year. — Mario Puzo

I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son! — Jerry Reed

All disease has a mental correspondence, and in order to heal the body one must first 'heal the soul'. — Florence Scovel Shinn

God says, Which one of you fuckers can get to me first? — Richard Siken

When I first came down stairs, for two or three minutes I went down cellar to the water closet. — Lizzie Andrew Borden

I am an actress first, a singer second. — Grace Jones

The first star tonight insanely high, virgin, calm.
I have one hour of peace before the documented planets burn me down. — Leonard Cohen

The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty. — Nathaniel Branden

Whoever had opened that first Starbucks in Seattle should be shot. — Virna DePaul

The utility of the robot needs to come first. It's business model over technology. — Colin Angle

Sometimes it is just about taking the first step, only then can greatness find us. — Colleen Mariotti

If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be New York. — Roman Abramovich

A few hints as to literary craftsmanship may be useful to budding historians. First and foremost, get writing! — Samuel Eliot Morison

Being in love with a right person can make you look more confident and in control. — Auliq Ice

For the first time in my life I've done something for me and by choice and not because somebody told me it was good or bad. — Lauren Oliver

Jeb: But I need to tell you something first.
Max (thinking): That you are the devil incarnate? — James Patterson

There are five Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Christian. Most people will never read the first four. — Rodney "Gipsy" Smith

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all. — Rafik Hariri

The traditional Indian mind has been for centuries, and still is, first religious, and then everything else. — Abhijit Naskar

If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again. — Laurence J. Peter

They have an inherent ability to find hidden order where at first glance things appear chaotic and unconnected. — Truity

It's been too long since I sat so close to a woman and my first impulse is to move away. — Will Christopher Baer

I definitely think of myself as a musician first. — Lucia Micarelli

I knew that I wasn't a first-ballot Hall-of-Fame inductee. — Bert Blyleven

In order to have friends, you must first be one. — Elbert Hubbard

Misfortunes never come singly'. First, — Anne Frank

My first job was as a sandwich artist at Subway. — Sophia Amoruso

Attacking a belief can be the first step toward embracing it. — Mason Cooley

The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

she was a little frightened that first afternoon. There seemed such a huge expanse of water and sky, and so little of herself. — Joan G. Robinson

I used to wear different rings when I first got called Ringo in about 19, about, umm, '59 I got called Ringo. — Ringo Starr

If the Prince of Peace should come to earth, one of the first things he would do would be to put psychiatrists in their place. — Aldous Huxley

My first job paid well for a young attorney. I was making over $50,000, which was more than either of my parents had ever made. I thought I was rich. — Marco Rubio

The first dollar is the most you will get if you don't love what you are doing. — Ray Kroc

The first key to a purposeful living is to accept the responsibility of your mission. When you agree "yes" to the calling, then you ask God "why?". — Israelmore Ayivor

God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers. — Davis Bunn

From first to last, the peak is never passed. Something always fires the light that gets in your eyes. — Neil Peart

'I'm Sorry' was one of the first songs to come out of Nashville using strings. — Brenda Lee

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial. — Aung San Suu Kyi

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later. — Elton John

It was daunting at first. I did have insomnia for two weeks. — Chris Frantz