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To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

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The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

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If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor. ↗

— Michael Pitt

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If I had to put a name to it, I would wish that all my books were entertainments. I think the first thing you've got to do is grab the reader by the ear, and make him sit down and listen. Make him laugh, make him feel. We all want to be entertained at a very high level. ↗

— John le Carre

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Well, that was certainly - to me, until we could film in Charles' room, I didn't even want to bother filming anything else. And in fact, I did hold off and that was the first thing we filmed. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

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The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

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So the first thing you need to do about conflict is to prevent it, and the best way of preventing it is by dealing with the question of poverty. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

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