First Time quotes

First Time

135 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Kendrick Lamar Rapper, Songwriter

"Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do."

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Steven Wright Comedian

"It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lot. Before that I'd never even thought about killing myself."

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Jane Goodall Primatologist, Ethologist, Anthropologist

"However much you know giraffes, to see one in the wild for the first time feels prehistoric."

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Anton Chekhov Playwright, Short Story Writer

"And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life."

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Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher

"Animals hear about death for the first time when they die."

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Lauryn Hill Singer, Songwriter

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"From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress."

Thinking Firsts First Time

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Kristin Hannah Author

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"From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other."

Firsts Mets First Time

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Winston Churchill Politician, Writer, Historian

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"Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down."

Firsts Sentences First Time

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Kami Garcia Author

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"Macon, wet from the raindrops for the first time."

Firsts First Time Raindrops

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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer

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"When you meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them. You're meeting their representative."

Firsts Meetings First Time

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Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Screenwriter

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"He didn't say a lot so I tend to remember what he did say. And I don't remember that he had a lot of patience with havin to say things twice so I learned to listen the first time."

Firsts Remember First Time

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Oscar Wilde Writer

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"I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest."

Firsts First Time Importance Of Being Earnest

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist

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"Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around."

Firsts Said First Time

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Paul McCartney Musician, Singer-songwriter

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"This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition."

Firsts Auditions First Time

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Demetri Martin Comedian, Actor

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"Usually my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it."

Firsts My Favorite First Time

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Diane Drake Screenwriter

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"It was genuinely eye-opening for me to read Tolstoy or Steinbeck or Colette for the first time and to feel as though they were speaking to me."

Eye Firsts First Time

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Clint Eastwood Actor, Director, Producer

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"I was forty the first time I directed. I formed a company in 1967, looking to the future. My dad taught me that whatever you do, do it well. Be the best at what you can do for that particular job in life. That always resonated with me."

Dad Being The Best First Time

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Seth Godin Author, Entrepreneur

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"By being remarkable, being genuine, you can be worth connecting with. And you don't have to have it figured out perfectly the first time - you can adjust."

Firsts Genuine First Time

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Stephen King Author

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"Only God gets things right the first time."

Firsts First Time

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Madonna Ciccone Singer

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"Like a virgin, touched for the very first time."

Firsts Expression First Time

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Mae West Actress, Singer, Screenwriter

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"I've been in 'Who's Who' and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary."

Firsts Made First Time

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Jack Nicholson Actor, Filmmaker

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"I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped."

Firsts Congratulations First Time

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Neve Campbell Actress

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"The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life."

Firsts Scene First Time

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Jakob Dylan Musician

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"Of course, I came up around music and fame, but this is still my first time experiencing it all. I'm still going through it like anybody else goes through it. But I'm still doing something I've never done before."

Done Fame First Time

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist

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"When a person has found something which he prefers to life itself, he for the first time has begun to live."

Firsts Found First Time

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