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In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in. — Joyce Van Patten

Who would you talk to? That is the first question for almost any startup that you need to answer. Who is my user and where am I going to find them? — Emmett Shear

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

I am always of the opinion with the learned, if they speak first. — William Congreve

Man first unconsciously and involuntarily creates God in his own image, and after this God consciously and voluntarily creates man in his own image. — Ludwig Feuerbach

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

The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics. — Theodore Roosevelt

If you would move me with your preaching, or with your praying, or with your singing, first be moved yourself. — Alexander Whyte

I was born a premature birth.
My first words were "bleep, bleep" and "Curse, Curse"
My breath still stinks and I'm on my 3rd cert. — Eminem

The secret of my success over the 400m is that I run the first 200m as fast as I can. Then, for the second 200m, with God's help I run faster. — Eric Liddell

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

The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is 'What am I trying to do?' — Stanley Fish

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. — Charles Lamb

I'm also the first straight woman to host this in 20 years, so, we finally made it, straight people. — Cecily Strong

I think the first picture taken is often the best one. — Carine Roitfeld

Surely oak and threefold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to the merciless ocean. — Horace

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

Sabbath on Saturday in favor of The Lord's Day (Sunday). (Mag 9.1), rejected Judaizing (Mag 10.3), first use of term Christianity (Mag 10). — Josephus

The thing we see wrong with YC apps most frequently, is that people have not thought about the market first and what people want first. — Sam Altman

True prevention is not waiting for bad things to happen, it's preventing things from happening in the first place. — Don McPherson

Society needs first of all to be free from meddlersthat is, to be let alone. — William Graham Sumner

Whatever God wants to do through you, He will do in you first. You've got to be what you want to see. — Mark Batterson

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

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

The first principle of economic symmetry: building the economic power to consume simultaneously with the industrial power to produce. — Louis O. Kelso

No. If I'm being honest, I love knowing that your firsts will all be with me. — Molly McAdams

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

I treat auditions like I treated my first dates. It's an opportunity to get to know a stranger and to learn from each other. — Hugh Jackman

First of all, i'm not an actor - I'm an asshole. — Chelsea Handler

Rembrandt's first name was Beauregard, which is why he never used it. — Dave Barry

A historian has many duties ... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore — Voltaire

First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being. — Janelle Monae

The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself. — Pablo Picasso

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

Cultivate everything the critics hated in your first work - that's what makes you unique. — Jean Cocteau

The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught. — Sri Aurobindo

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore. — Winston Churchill

Everything solid was first an idea. — Vanna Bonta

Habit starts at the second crime. At the first one, something is ending. — Albert Camus

I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems. — Mignon McLaughlin

After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations. — Christian Bale

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

When nobody speaks your name, or even knows it, you, knowing it, must be the first to speak it. — Marlon Riggs

I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first. — Renee O'Connor

Firsts are special. — Jenny Han

It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize. — Aristotle.

To make a living space, there first had to be a killing space. — Niall Ferguson

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down. — Chuck Yeager

George W. Bush is the first Catholic president of the United States. — Rick Santorum

He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits. — George D. Prentice

No science ever defends its first principles. — Aristotle.

I don't do the mirror thing; maybe once or twice when I first started out. — Ted Alexandro

McCartney's first involvement is to be stripped by Saha — Guy Mowbray

I prefer to be noticed some day, first for my ideas and second for my good eye ... — Ernst Haas

First, do it. Second, do it well. Third, do it well and fast - that means you're a professional. — David Belle

You can remember the second and the third and the fourth time, but there's no time like the first. It's always there. — Shelagh Delaney

Every cool riff has already been written by Black Sabbath. You're either playing it faster or slower or backwards, but they wrote it first. — Rob Zombie

God created you for the first and greatest commandment, to be a lover of God. — Sam Storms

You know who makes a great first impression? Liars. — Daniel Tosh

Original sin reassures us that our slip was not the first. — Mason Cooley

To secure your historical standing, be sure you are the first to write about it. — Winston Churchill

What a childhood I had, why, when I took my first step, my old man tripped me! — Rodney Dangerfield

You wouldn't know it by looking, but I had no teeth in first grade. — Kevin Jonas

Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to. — Seneca The Younger

The first essential for an attack is the will to attack. — Savielly Tartakower

Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism. — Hermann Hesse

Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation. — Patricia Wentworth

Can't trust a fascist
truth is always your first sacrifice to the welfare of the state — Matthew Woodring Stover

When you first get a hill in sight, look at the top of it only once. Then imagine yourself at the bottom of the other side. — Florence Griffith Joyner

The music comes first. It will always be first — John O'Callaghan

The first thing I really enjoy is to make love, after comes the music. — Gianni Versace

Before you can make a dream come true, you must first have one. — Ronald McNair

I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution. — Roy Moore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My first boyfriend that I ever had, actually sang a song that he wrote for me on-stage to ask me out. That was pretty romantic. — Aubrey Plaza

When I first came into this world, Elvis was already fat. — Jane Wagner

There are no mistakes, only lessons.
If you don't learn the lesson the first time, they get harder. — Dan Millman

I was impossible. I don't know how anyone could have lived with me. For the first time in my life, I was on the scrap heap, an unemployed worker. — Paul McCartney

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy. — Mignon McLaughlin

I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find it, I'll burn it. — Charles Stross

Awareness is always the first step. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

'Shrek 2' made over $120 million during its first week. In a related story, John Kerry asked Shrek to marry him. — Conan O'Brien

Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves. — Swami Vivekananda

Plan and execute your first failure so that you no longer have to fear it. — John C. Maxwell

The eyes are the pioneers that first announce the soft tale of love. — Propertius

The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first. — Swami Vivekananda

I remember the first time I had sex. I wore a cape and goggles ... because I didn't know. — Eugene Mirman

If you want to be a leader, the first person you have to lead is yourself. — Mike Scioscia

The Window is not without a certain visual spell that makes it a first-rate artistic achievement. — Andrew Sarris

I believe that love takes time. I believe there is such a thing as infatuation at first sight, but not love at first sight. — Kevin Leman

The first day, in particular, is always one of those weird days because you get ... , you're thrown into this new trailer - here's your wardrobe. — Mekhi Phifer

All moral elevation consists first and foremost of being weaned from the momentary. — Soren Kierkegaard