#first

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success. ↗

— Anne Rice

#book #chance #first-person #greatest #how

In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#color #felt #first #first time #full

And at home in the United States we found continued and increased persecution, first of leaders of the Communist Party, and then of all honest anti-fascists. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#communist party #continued #first #found #home

But I'm not going to walk Barry Bonds, like some teams do, in the first inning with nobody on. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#barry bonds #bonds #first #going #i

It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#am #because #ever #finish #first

The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue of our time. ↗

— Jackie Robinson

#citizenship #every #first-class #important #important issue

So for me having that element of being able to be competitive wasn't a problem. I'm very competitive. I thought if I could skate first, acting would come second. I could say my lines and then go do what I was saying. You don't have to fake it, you're not really acting. ↗

— John Robinson

#acting #being #come #competitive #could

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#day #first #i #motown #once

When I was 13, I entered the seminary in the hope of becoming a priest. But I often found myself helping the nuns in the kitchen and thus discovered my passion for cooking. I began to cultivate my skills and aspirations at the age of 15, when I embarked on my first apprenticeship. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#apprenticeship #aspirations #becoming #began #cooking

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation. ↗

— Arthur Rock

#first #generation #immigrant #mother #russia