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The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan. ↗

— Ben Affleck

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In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record. ↗

— Steve Albini

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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. ↗

— Fred Allen

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The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. I'd start drinking at lunchtime and wouldn't set it down until I went to bed. When you calculate how much empty calories and how much sugar I was consuming, it was staggering. So I haven't had a glass of sweet tea in three years. ↗

— Paula Deen

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Running was the first thing I discovered that I was any good at. ↗

— Julie Bowen

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The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards. ↗

— Elia Kazan

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It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart. ↗

— Guy Clark

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The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously. ↗

— Stephen King

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The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

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