#first

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems. ↗

— Jack Welch

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For in the first place the American people could not have been swept too fast and too far in this movement without enough alarms being sounded to be heard and heeded. ↗

— Robert Welch

#american people #been #being #could #enough

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system. ↗

— Robert Welch

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The first time I try anything is invariably not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

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I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change. ↗

— William Weld

#change #corrections #first #go #i

Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. ↗

— Fay Weldon

#away #first #gives #nature #present

When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

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I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#about #arts #because #business #degrees

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. ↗

— E. B. White

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The first version of The Beautiful Room Is Empty was the first mss. I'd ever submitted to New York editors. ↗

— Edmund White

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