#irs

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

Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.' ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#aggression #came #discussions #experiments #first

My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#bronx #childhood #college #complete #early

I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge. ↗

— Ken Burns

#because #born #bridge #brooklyn #children

The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#first #glances #had #i #movie

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm? ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#first #intestine #which

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time. ↗

— Ellen Burstyn

#doing #find #first #first time #fresh

When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic. ↗

— Lance Burton

#collins #first #harry #i #louisville

You really don't put a value on your first win, it is priceless no matter where you are. ↗

— Kurt Busch

#matter #priceless #put #really #value

The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#dream #first #her #hoop #own