"When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather."
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"The first belief we must have if we're going to create change quickly is that we can change now."
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"We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself."
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"Therefore the misfortune which comes to man as a result of the fact that he was a child is that his freedom was first concealed from him and that all his life he will be nostalgic for the time when he did not know it's exigencies."
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"Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit."
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"Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge."
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"It's when you take that first step opening a business or making an investment that it becomes real."
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"The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent."
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"The mark of an innovative company is not only that it comes up with new ideas first, but also that it knows how to leapfrog when it finds itself behind."
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"Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master."
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"When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind"
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"There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word—something that makes it worth while."
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"To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes."
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"What should be shrunken must first be stretched."
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"The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow."
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"Drifting, without aim or purpose, is the first cause of failure."
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"The first rule of my speaking is: listen!"
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"Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it's more of an evocation of what you do. It's more an evocation of seduction."
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"States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them"
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"It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish."
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