#first

They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. ↗

— Donald O'Connor

#came #courage #first #first time #harness

What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#appointment #attention #did #everything #everywhere

I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box. ↗

— Heather O'Rourke

#box #did #doll #first #i

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

#bought #buying #controlled #first #first things

We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#beginning #circumstances #david #day #doing

There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes, when the solid rocket boosters separated, the ride got a lot smoother. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#after #especially #first #got #light

Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003. ↗

— William Odom

#both #central #command #commanded #effect

One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise. ↗

— Clifford Odets

#alone #always #did #down #first

It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place. ↗

— William Odom

#first #interest #iraq #our #place

After I got married, the first child born to us was mentally handicapped. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#born #child #first #got #handicapped