"First we shape our tools, thereafter they shape us"
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"Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion."
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"Remember this: all suffering comes to an end. And whatever you suffer authentically, God has suffered from it first."
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"The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money."
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"From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other."
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"You must see that if two things are alike, then it is a further question whether the first is copied from the second, or the second from the first, or both from a third."
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"As with every phenomenon of the objective universe, the first step toward understanding work is to analyze it."
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"And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark."
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"I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan."
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"I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg."
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"Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad."
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"I'm a songwriter first."
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"There is no stillness like the quiet of the first cold nights in the fall."
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"I don't usually fly in first class, but I fart in first class."
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"For everyone, well-being is a journey. The secret is committing to that journey and taking those first steps with hope and belief in yourself."
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"I just loved the guitar when it came along. I loved it. The banjo was something I really liked, but when the guitar came along, to me that was my first love in music"
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"I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever."
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"I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies."
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"Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?"
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"Things are revealed through the memories we have of them. Remembering a thing means seeing it only then for the first time."
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