#first

Well, I think it's real important that people understand, first and foremost, those of us that have lived in Arizona or in southern California, we have a very diverse population. The Hispanic population has been part of all of our lives since we've been born here or since we've grown up here. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#been #born #california #diverse #first

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school. ↗

— John Bright

#i #nearly #nine #old #regular

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea. ↗

— David Brin

#comes #convey #credible #duty #feel

I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

#absolutely #anyone #book #certainly #contained

It's all a sham: I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged not only journalism but also democracy and truth. ↗

— David Brock

#democracy #firsthand #how #i #indeed

This is the generation whose first cry of life was the Hungarian uprising. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#first #generation #hungarian #life #uprising

There's a bit of debate about that; some say it was really Matthew, but the popular consensus is that Mark was the first one, so that's why I did that one first. And I was planning on doing all four. ↗

— Chester Brown

#bit #consensus #debate #did #doing

First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since, it grew more clean and white. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#ever #fingers #first #first time #grew

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! ↗

— Robert Browning

#could #each #fine #first #lest

Almost all novels are improved by cutting from the top. On their first pages, authors parade those favourite effects which disgust the impartial reader. ↗

— James Buchan

#authors #cutting #disgust #effects #favourite