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Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

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The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution - this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths. ↗

— Groucho Marx

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The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. ↗

— Karl Marx

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He that would govern others, first should be Master of himself. ↗

— Philip Massinger

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Let some people get rich first. ↗

— Deng Xiaoping

#get #people #rich #some #some people

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost. ↗

— Theresa May

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Now that he has disavowed as outright lies many of the stories he told himself, it's hard to know what to make of those who still insist that David Brock had it right the first time. ↗

— Jane Mayer

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I was Google's first woman engineer. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

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In No. 1 of this street the cholera first appeared seventeen years ago, and spread up it with fearful virulence; but this year it appeared at the opposite end, and ran down it with like severity. ↗

— Henry Mayhew

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You might say that when you step inside, you're entering a honorific space, but that's something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us. ↗

— Thom Mayne

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