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"It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously."
"Only God gets things right the first time."
"I'll see you.' He grinned. 'Not if i see you first."
"Formula: Second Draft = First Draft minus 10%."
"The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate."
"The first move of leadership is learning to think for yourself."
"First of all, begin to live out of the glory of your imagination, not your memory."
"To become successful, first learn how to be happy. Too many think that the route to happiness is to get successful"
"Silence is the first thing within the power of the enslaved to shatter. From that shattering, everything else spills forth."
"If I listen to a campaign promises, I would expect that on the first day [Donald Trump] would cancel all of the DACA documents out there that President [Barack] Obama unconstitutionally issued."
"The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling about it to certain people."
"I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first so it speaks for itself."
"Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated."
"It is the perfect wrong time for Jeremy to do to Mirabelle what she had done to him - call him up for a quick fix - because;, in a sense, she is now betrothed. Her first date with someone who treated her well obligates her to faithfulness, at least until the relationship is explored."
"Ah, yes. I remember my first beer."
"Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen."
"I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset when you're young. If I was starting in comedy today and if it didn't work the first time, I'd probably quit. But I kept at it, kept at it."
"When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it all in. I didn't know you were supposed to just stand up and tell jokes. Essentially, that's what my act became: those five elements - except I dropped the poetry."
"Nice guys just don't finish first in the music industry."
"Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite."
