#first

When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy. ↗

— Leslie Easterbrook

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She says that I wore some pretty sexy leather pants to that first meeting, but I don't remember. ↗

— Dick Ebersol

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That first year in Chicago was one of the most memorable in my career. Getting traded rejuvenated me, and I had something to prove. I wanted to show them what I could do. ↗

— Dennis Eckersley

#chicago #could #first #getting #had

After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#competition #compression #day #first #help

There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you. ↗

— Enya

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And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it. ↗

— Julius Erving

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Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time. ↗

— Margot Fonteyn

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The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous. ↗

— Margot Fonteyn

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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ↗

— Shelby Foote

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First at the outset, let me commend the great men and women of the United States Coast Guard for what they do. ↗

— Vito Fossella

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