#first

As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books that are most popular when they are written. Both 'Moby Dick' and 'The Great Gatsby' were complete failures, critically and commercially, when they first appeared. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

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Happiness lies first of all in health. ↗

— George William Curtis

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In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs. ↗

— Francis Darwin

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I had to trick people into giving me money for my first film. Making a romantic comedy is easier and more expected from a woman than it is to make a drama about a Japanese warrior. ↗

— Julie Delpy

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I was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen. ↗

— Julie Delpy

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For me the most moving moment came when I first started working on 2001. I was already in awe of him, and he had very much already become Stanley Kubrick by the time the film started. ↗

— Keir Dullea

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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

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Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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This is the bunch of songs I did first, and it's just the type of thing I do. I am a Carter Family girl, so the record is book-ended with Carter Family songs. ↗

— June Carter Cash

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You have this special connection with someone if you're their first record or their first concert or their first poster or whatever it is. ↗

— Shaun Cassidy

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