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I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

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Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#clarifies #first #highest #historian #ignorance

I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down. ↗

— Allen Neuharth

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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm. ↗

— Florence Nightingale

#harm #hospital #may #principle #requirement

A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#everyone #faces #first #nurtures #smiling

I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs. ↗

— Gary Numan

#displayed #fantasy #films #go #i

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

#comic #emotion #feel #film #films

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#criticism #employment #first #guide #itself

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are. ↗

— Michelle Obama

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I believe, along with many others, that you must first ask for what you want before you can have it. ↗

— Wally Amos

#ask #before #believe #first #i