#be the first

I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#bra #burn #days #department #fire

And I would be the first to admit that probably, in a lot of press conferences over the time that I have been in coaching, indulging my own sense of humor at press conferences has not been greatly to my benefit. ↗

— Bobby Knight

#be the first #been #benefit #coaching #conferences

It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill. ↗

— Aeschylus

#bring #first #ill #news #thing

Quantum computation is... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes. ↗

— David Deutsch

#be the first #between #collaboration #computation #distinctively

I'm not that good a player, and I'll be the first to admit that. I might be a three or four grand-slam winner; I might be a two grand-slam winner, I don't know. ↗

— Patrick Rafter

#be the first #first #four #good #i

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth. ↗

— William E. Simon

#consideration #economic #first #growth #innovation

I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative. ↗

— Catherine Ashton

#am #be the first #british #commissioner #first

I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#be the first #because #feel #first #i

I want to be the first lady to land a quadruple jump in competition. As I grow older, I know that my skating style will develop and mature. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#competition #develop #first #first lady #grow

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#bruce #bruce lee #chan #first #i