"Human laziness makes people pigeonhole one another at first site so that they find nothing in common with one another."
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"Fear will try to keep you from taking that first step. Don't give in to fear, do it afraid."
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"You cannot change the world if you don't change your own world first."
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"If at first you don't succeed, You're not an Alpha"
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"If you want to break the rules of grammar, first learn the rules of grammar."
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"If at first you don't succeed, have a cup of tea."
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"The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him."
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"From the moment I start a new novel, life's just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and I may feel there's still a chance to prove my worth, but that feeling soon disappears and every day I feel less and less satisfied."
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"At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me."
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"It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow."
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"What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step towards truth."
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"It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory."
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"That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure."
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"I love coming home to Melbourne. The first thing I do is have a coffee. It's just so much better here than anywhere else. It's better than in Italy and I travel a lot. I crave it."
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"Ask for peace first, and you will clearly see your next step."
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"There is nothing new about humanism. It is the yielding to Satan's first temptation of Adam and Eve: "Ye shall be as gods." (Gen. 3:5)"
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"I'm hopeless at playing scales. Try and be instinctive first and analytic afterwords, although it's good to study the theory of music."
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"It's difficult to relax on tournaments, even in posh hotels, because you don't know how long you will be there - whether you'll lose a match on the first day and leave or whether you'll stay for longer."
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"How can we extinguish a fire if we don't first cut off the fuel that ignites the inferno?"
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"I won't close down a business of subnormal profitability merely to add a fraction of a point to our corporate returns. I also feel it inappropriate for even an exceptionally profitable company to fund an operation once it appears to have unending losses in prospect. Adam Smith would disagree with my first proposition and Karl Marx would disagree with my second; the middle ground is the only position that leaves me comfortable."
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