#first

The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britain's belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. ↗

— James Buchan

#ago #answer #belated #britain #british

They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#appropriate #band #certain #certain things #could

Building a better you is the first step to building a better America. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#better #better america #building #first #first step

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#engaged #firsthand #i #learned #people

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment. ↗

— Frances Burney

#contentment #curb #diminish #enjoyment #expectation

America is a friend to the people of Iraq. Our demands are directed only at the regime that enslaves them and threatens us. When these demands are met, the first and greatest benefit will come to Iraqi men, women and children. ↗

— George W. Bush

#benefit #children #come #demands #directed

The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that. ↗

— Charles Buxton

#duty #first #get #good #happy

Adversity is the first path to truth. ↗

— Lord Byron

#first #path #truth

I'm an American first, and I think that's how most people are. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#first #how #i #i think #most

I was the candidate first time a Green or any progressive third party has ever been in a national televised debate. I was in five of them. And the response from the public was overwhelming. ↗

— Peter Camejo

#been #candidate #debate #ever #first