#first

When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me. ↗

— Pia Toscano

#everything #fact #family #finalist #first

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. ↗

— Mark Twain

#boards #first #god #idiots #made

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#first #got #left #may #things

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#defeat #defeating #enemy #fighters #first

I got on stage for the first time when I was seven. From seven until I was about nine it was probably more to do with just being on stage and having the attention. ↗

— Gemma Ward

#attention #being #first #first time #got

I thought it was time to get a group together and the first person I thought of was Wayne Shorter. I called Wayne and in the meantime, Wayne called me to make an album with him, which was Super Nova. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#called #first #get #group #him

I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#assassinations #attended #dedication #discovered #each

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

#first #fit #got #i #i tried

Well, the most important thing about Islam is that we have to differentiate between two kinds of Islam. The first one is the institution of Islam... second, the culture of Islam. ↗

— Abdurrahman Wahid

#between #culture #differentiate #first #important

First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#first #likely #live #men #more