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Firsts

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Hippocrates
Hippocrates Physician

"If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him."

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John Calvin Theologian, Reformer
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"We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own."

Firsts Christ Righteousness
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Theologian
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"There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so. One must simply hold out and endure it. At first that sounds very hard, but at the same time it is also a great comfort. For to the extent the emptiness truly remains unfilled one remains connected to the other person through it. It is wrong to say that God fills the emptiness. God in no way fills it but much more leaves it precisely unfilled and thus helps us preserve -- even in pain -- the authentic relationship."

Firsts Pain Sound
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Fidel Castro Politician, Revolutionary
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"The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the first enemy of dictatorship."

Firsts Enemy Doubt
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Prince Ea Activist, Filmmaker, Musician
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"Before the TRUTH can set you free,you must first recognize which LIES are holding you hostage."

Lying Firsts Hostage
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John Calvin Theologian, Reformer
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"If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon."

Firsts Fall Steps
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Sri Aurobindo Philosopher, Poet, Politician
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"The whole world yearns after freedom, yet each creature is in love with his chains; this is the first paradox and inextricable knot of our nature."

World Firsts Paradox
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Shirley Chisholm Politician, Educator
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"When I die, I want to be remembered as a woman who lived in the twentieth century and who dared to be a catalyst of change. I don't want to be remembered as the first black woman who went to Congress. And I don't even want to be remembered as the first woman who happened to be black to make a bid for the Presidency I want to be remembered as a woman who fought for change in the twentieth century. That's what I want."

Want Firsts Black
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Adam Smith Philosopher, Economist
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"The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer."

Men Firsts Watches
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Denzel Washington Actor, Director
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"Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me."

Firsts Grace Sticks
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Vincent de Paul Saint, Priest
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"All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer."

Firsts Littles Becoming
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