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The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. ↗

— Ben Stein

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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

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The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

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Everything I do now is a first. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages. ↗

— Hailee Steinfeld

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To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face. ↗

— Stendhal

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The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent. ↗

— Stendhal

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During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job. ↗

— George Stephen

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The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. ↗

— George Stephen

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The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. ↗

— George Stephen

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