"Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner."
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"Loyalty is the first law of God."
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"You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one."
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"I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them."
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"Realize the value of putting down your first impression quickly."
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"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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"It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize."
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"Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality."
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"Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety."
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"My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously."
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"Be friends first when you're dating. If it turns into something more, that's awesome, and if not you have another friend."
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"[A woman waiting for him in the Kremlin asked Gobachev] "Was communism invented by a politician or a scientist?" [He replied] "Well, a politician." She said, "That explains it. The scientist would have tried it on mice first.""
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"At first there was nothingthen nothing turned itself inside-out and became something"
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"Two women at a resort discussed dinner: "The food here is lousy," the first noted. "You're right! And such small portions!!" the second added"
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"All things that are truly great are at first thought impossible."
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"Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury."
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"And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?"
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"I was born a premature birth. My first words were "bleep, bleep" and "Curse, Curse" My breath still stinks and I'm on my 3rd cert."
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"Baking is my business, and it will always come first."
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"If you want to accomplish something, you must first expect it of yourself."
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