#first

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

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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

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

— Smokey Robinson

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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

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

— Arthur Rock

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Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse. ↗

— Chris Rock

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I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school. ↗

— Chris Rock

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When I was making my first record there would be something that would come out that would inspire you, you know? You'd see someone on TV or on the radio. ↗

— Kid Rock

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Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third. ↗

— Knute Rockne

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