#irs

Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over 20 times. I loved that - that sort of process of dissecting and trying to figure out and master this incredibly mysterious instrument. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#could #dissecting #figure #first #having

When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it. ↗

— Trisha Yearwood

#anybody #buy #first #going #i

It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously. ↗

— Stephen King

#awesome #concept #consider #even #first

And when I first came out from New York, I hadn't driven in a long time. Now I'm like Joe Speedster. ↗

— Calista Flockhart

#driven #first #hadn #i #joe

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care. ↗

— Michael Korda

#already #bad #bad news #calmly #care

My father, if anything, first and last, was a man of words. He loved stories; he didn't live for stories, exactly, but I think he lived through stories. I think, like many writers, he loved stories about things he had experienced as much as, if not more than, he loved the experiences themselves. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#anything #exactly #experienced #experiences #father

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense. ↗

— Vince Flynn

#be the first #books #cia #defense #first

Any game is important to me. At Boston College, when I went out for the spring games, I wanted to win. Maybe it is more important than other preseason games. It's just that everyone is expecting a lot from me in my first week of professional football. I want to confirm my expectations. ↗

— Doug Flutie

#boston #college #confirm #everyone #expectations

All that is needed to set us definitely on the road to a Fascist society is war. It will of course be a modified form of Fascism at first. ↗

— John T. Flynn

#definitely #fascism #fascist #first #form

As it happened, I had a friend who was a good person who liked to present himself as a dreadful one. Using him as a role model, I created the first Buck Godot strip. ↗

— Phil Foglio

#created #dreadful #first #friend #godot