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If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

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In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

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When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows. ↗

— Yoko Ono

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The first step is you have to say that you can. ↗

— Will Smith

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A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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The Iraqi elections were an important first step. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

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The first step in exceeding your customer's expectations is to know those expectations. ↗

— Roy H. Williams

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Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

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