"A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state."
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"The first thought of God was an angel. The first word of God was a man"
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"In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me."
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"If marriage isn't a first priority in your life, you're not married."
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"Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he knew where his believers are?"
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"I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer."
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"My work is like digging, it's archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That's how I understand my first films, and that's what I'm still doing..."
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"Good mescaline comes on slow. The first hour is all waiting, then about halfway through the second hour you start cursing the creep who burned you, because nothing is happening...and then ZANG!"
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"For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal."
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"Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things."
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"Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy."
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"I always think I don't do the first one good, so I try to do it more."
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"Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent."
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"Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown road. The avant-garde always has a bad time of it."
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"Animals hear about death for the first time when they die."
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"A man may not achieve everything he has dreamed, but he will never achieve anything great without having dreamed it first."
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"If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place."
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"One can never truly savor success until first tasting adversity."
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"I've recently noticed "as if for the first time" that when people pray they always look "upward" - i.e. perpendicular to whatever place they're standing - or kneeling or groveling. I deduce that they conceive of their "god" as topologically isomorphic to a huge donut, about a thousand miles wider than Earth."
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"The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead."
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