#first

The great thing that I appreciate - the fact that my godfather, William "Sticky" Jackson, was a Tuskegee Airman because my father was first born in Ozark, Alabama. The sacrifices and the commitment of those men made it possible for myself and many others. ↗

— Allen West

#appreciate #because #born #commitment #fact

It sounded good. It was a story that Victor Conte told me to use. I was contacted by Dr. Goldman, and that's how the story came about. And that was my first time ever meeting, or speaking, to Dr. Goldman. ↗

— Kelli White

#came #contacted #dr #ever #first

Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support. ↗

— Ryan White

#first #give #give me #mayor #me

The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so. ↗

— George Whitefield

#against #appearance #christians #duty #evil

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#defeat #evolution #first #first step #formal

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep. ↗

— Walt Whitman

#awake #been #before #cannot #did

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#always #first #first love #last #like

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again. ↗

— Lenny Wilkens

#chance #fail #first #first time #just

But I have to say I'm incredibly proud of the Panther Racing National Guard Team, and in my IndyCar career there's not many races where I've honestly left the track feeling that we've executed everything perfectly. And I have to say, I thought they did an absolute phenomenal job. The pit stops were just first class. ↗

— Dan Wheldon

#career #class #did #everything #executed

It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified. ↗

— JoBeth Williams

#first #i #kramer #movie #only