#first things

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. ↗

— Stephen Covey

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I think the first things that are relevant are that things should work well; they should function. ↗

— Robin Day

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It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself. ↗

— Ed Harris

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I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

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One of the first things we found out was that the Warren Commission never pursued a conspiracy investigation. ↗

— Louis Stokes

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On Memorial Day, I was out floating on Lake Norman and came across Denny Hamlin. We struck up a conversation, and one of the first things we were talking about was how much it helped him when he started racing the Cup car and how much it helped his Nationwide program. ↗

— Danica Patrick

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Funding for sports (and the arts) are often the first things facing the chop in difficult times. ↗

— Lucy Powell

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The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears. ↗

— Mink Stole

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Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy. ↗

— James Bovard

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