"Resistance is the first step to change."
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"The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes."
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"The bully and his victim never quite forget their first relations."
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"I have never been any place where I was not first invited. And upon invitation, if I feel that there is potential for making some contribution to humanity, I will comply in spite of being tired."
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"First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that."
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"To interest is the first duty of art; no other excellences will ever begin to compensate for failure in this."
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"Will the others see you too?" asked Lucy. "Certainly not at first," said Aslan. "Later on, it depends." "But they won’t believe me!" said Lucy. "It doesn’t matter."
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"Humility, after the first shock, is cheerful virtue."
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"We can't change the way Washington works unless we first change how Congress works."
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"The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act."
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"Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can't tackle the big problems that demand solutions. And that's what we have to change first. We have to change our politics, and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans."
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"Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference."
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"I said in a forum on health care if the Republicans can come up with a system that insures more people cheaper, better I will be the first one."
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"John F.Kennedy gave probably the greatest inauguration speech ever that first time, but I guarantee you when he first walked out there he was thinking, "Goodness gracious this is big and I better be up to the task.""
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"Yesterday was the first day of the rest of your life . . . and you messed it up again."
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"First of all, anybody who has lasted 30 and went through the 60's is really a survivor."
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"I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person."
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"When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’ When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John."
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"This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition."
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"I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested."
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