#earliest

The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of mortality shifts somewhere deep in the mind. It is the most ancient of our fears. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced they may have been by other people, even my earliest paintings were recognisably my own. ↗

— Julian Schnabel

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But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine. ↗

— Jerry Zucker

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I wrote my earliest piece for The Sunday Times about being a young wife. ↗

— Jilly Cooper

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I believe that investing in our children's development from the earliest age is the single most important contribution we can make to the health and wellbeing of our citizens, their capacity and the future prosperity of our state. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

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When I was four, we moved to the house on the west side of Chicago where I grew up. My earliest memories are of that first summer. ↗

— Hugh Hefner

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The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

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I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

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My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even. ↗

— Martina McBride

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One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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