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I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer. ↗

— Richard Strauss

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Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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Before the first year, nobody gave it a chance. Now, 36 years later, everybody knows Monday Night Football. ↗

— Frank Gifford

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I think it's wonderful when a love story begins with a great deal of romance and affection, passion and excitement, that's how it should be. But I don't necessarily know that it's the wisest thing in the world to expect that it ends there, or that it should, 30 years down the road, still look as it did on the night of your first kiss. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

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First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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My first priority is to my wife, as hers is to me, and to our child. ↗

— Iain Glen

#first #hers #me #our #priority

When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I'm at a place in my life and career where I just want to work. It's what I do and it makes me very happy. ↗

— John Glover

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The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else. ↗

— Seth Godin

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But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living. ↗

— Fay Godwin

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