#first

You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool? ↗

— Jay-Z

#cool #face #feel #first #get

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#die #first #sign #understanding #wish

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#always #breath #complacency #draw #first

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#die #first #signs #understanding #wish

You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live. ↗

— Donald Kagan

#liberate #live #prejudices #which #world

The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty. ↗

— Meir Kahane

#comfort #difference #first #gentile #immediate

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#budget #defense #defense budget #first #get

There was no race - but to the extent that there was an arms competition, it was almost entirely on the Soviet side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#arms #catch #competition #entirely #extent

When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#duck #feel #first #i #i feel

As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part of all. I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark I'd be the first one there and I was willing to do anything. I think that's why the veterans liked me. ↗

— Al Kaline

#ballpark #be the first #days #easiest #fact