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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi. -- Fred Allen
You learn a lot when you're barefoot. The first thing is every step you take is different. -- Michael Franti
The first thing I do when I get back to my hometown, San Antonio, is eat Whataburger. -- Austin Mahone
The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all. -- Michael Caine
Your computer needn't be the first thing your see in the morning and the last thing you see at night. -- Simon Mainwaring
The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything. -- Wale
If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works. -- Jamie Zawinski
The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn't understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had. -- Eric Schmidt
If anybody says he can think about quantum physics without getting giddy, that only shows he has not understood the first thing about them. -- Niels Bohr
If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat. -- Douglas Adams
When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist. -- Shimon Peres
I think that the first thing is you should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future is going to hold. -- Ray Dalio
The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again. -- Nicholas Sparks
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked. -- Elizabeth Taylor
The first thing that an architect must do is to sense that every building you build is a world of its own, and that this world of its own serves an institution. -- Louis Kahn
I feel like part of getting better at writing is knowing where to find that inspiration. Right after something happens to me, the first thing I'll do is go write when those feelings are really, really fresh. -- Troye Sivan
The first thing that is not obvious to people is global warming is a less-than-1% effect. It's like being shortchanged at the bank by a penny every dollar. Over a long period of time with lots of transactions, that piles up. -- Nathan Myhrvold
In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might. -- Alfred A. Montapert
The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born. These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution - this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths. -- Groucho Marx
Don't get caught up in the 'look' thing. Sometimes, we as men and women, the first thing that attracts us to someone is their physical appearance, and that's not always a good thing because what's good on the outside is not always good on the inside. -- Keith Sweat
The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game. -- Gary Ackerman
It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan. -- Larry Hagman
I train my chefs completely different to anyone else. My young girls and guys, when they come to the kitchen, the first thing they get is a blindfold. They get blindfolded and they get sat down at the chef's table... Unless they can identify what they're tasting, they don't get to cook it. -- Gordon Ramsay
Dallas is an extraordinary place in it's own right. The first thing about Dallas that you can't get away from, particularly when I arrived, you've got no idea of the heat in this place. It's over 100 degrees, and with that the humidity is ridiculous. I mean, people don't live here, armadillos live here. -- Chris Vance
This union has been divided in like a civil war - brother against brother - sister against sister. And I'm pulling it together. We've already seen evidence of that in New York, in Pennsylvania, in California. The first thing is we have to get on the same page. We have to be united in one cause. -- James P. Hoffa
Girls will go out and spend $200 or $300 dollars on a pair of shoes, but you should also be taking care of your skin. That's the first thing people see. I think it's an investment. It's a lot cheaper to use really great products now, rather than trying to fix problematic skin later on in life. That's always been my motto. -- Keshia Knight Pulliam
First thing's first I'm the realest, -- Iggy Azalea
No sir. The first thing is character. -- J. P. Morgan
Peace is the first thing the angels sang. -- John Keble
The first thing a principle does is kill somebody -- Dorothy L. Sayers
Family comes first. You're the only thing they have. -- Heidi Klum
First thing you learnis that you'vealways got to wait -- Lou Reed
Sound is the first thing that we tune into. -- Lee Konitz
The first thing the secretary types is the boss. -- Donald Trump
Do the scary thing first, and get scared later. -- Daniel Handler
The story is the first thing and the last thing, -- Norman Rockwell
First thing about being a patient-you have to learn patience. -- Oliver Sacks
The gravity is the first thing which you don't think -- Albert Einstein
There is no such thing as a publishable first draft. -- William Targ
Take a deep breath and do the difficult thing first. -- Mary Anne Radmacher
The first thing a hurdler learns is how to fall. -- Tonie Campbell
Smile first thing in the morning. Get it over with. -- W. C. Fields
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods. -- Lucretius
The first time you do a thing is always exciting. -- Agatha Christie
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. -- William Shakespeare
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy. -- Mignon McLaughlin
Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning? -- Elizabeth Von Arnim
The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount. -- Kinky Friedman
The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission. -- George MacDonald
The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind. -- George MacDonald
Watercolors is the first and the last thing an artist does. -- Willem de Kooning
The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn. -- Pat Metheny
The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace. -- Gustav Heinemann
His ears were often the first thing to catch my tears. -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The first thing you see is the last thing you do. -- Helen Van Wyk
The first thing a genius needs is to breath free air. -- Ludwig von Mises
The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass. -- Margaret Cho
Hope is the first thing to take some sort of action. -- John Armstrong
The first thing I ever saw Bradley Cooper in was Wedding Crashers. -- Ed Weeks
The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you. -- Michael Patrick King
The first thing anyone can do, about any issue, is get informed. -- Adora Svitak
When we recorded our first album sixteen track machines were the thing. -- John Deacon
Music was the first thing I did where I was naturally talented. -- Miranda Lambert
Mothering you is the first thing of consequence I have ever done. -- Kelly Corrigan
The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. -- Joseph Schumpeter
First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead. -- Thomas A. Edison
When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing. -- Roger Waters
In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammed was 'Read. -- Jeanette Winter
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, I believe. -- Norman Vincent Peale
The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. -- Joseph Schumpeter
For those who govern, the first thing required is indifference to newspapers. -- Adolphe Thiers
It is best to eat the frog first thing in the morning -- Farid F. Ibrahim
The first thing that comes out of my mouth is always right. -- Jenna Jameson
A bath tub, apparently, was the first thing I wanted to be. -- David Duchovny
The first thing you lose when you die is your motor skills. -- John H. Matthews
First thing I do when I get up is journal, meditate, read. -- Reggie Lee
The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast. -- Karl Lagerfeld
A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad. -- Lenny Kravitz
To win, the first thing you have to do is not lose. -- Warren Buffett
But Basquiat is the first thing I've done that I'm really proud of. -- Claire Forlani
The first thing I ever bought for myself was a green Lacoste shirt. -- Mary-Louise Parker
The thing that cannot be defined is the first thing; the primary fact. -- Gilbert K. Chesterton
The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you. -- Pope Francis
The first thing you learn in boxing is that there are NO guarantees. -- Tommy Morrison
The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity. -- Honore de Balzac
The first thing that happens when you're happy is you start forgiving everyone. -- Marty Rubin
The first thing you'll have to do, is the last thing you wished. -- Edward A. Murphy, Jr.
Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous. -- Wally Lamb
Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day. -- Larry King
Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters. -- Guillermo del Toro
After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine. -- Claire Forlani
The first, the middle and the last thing to do is to pray. -- Henry B. Eyring
The first thing you see when you walk into a store is color. -- Millard Drexler
Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest. -- Sarah Ban Breathnach
The thing I can't remember is, what came first? Us or the book? -- Michael De Luca
The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me. -- George A. Romero
There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation. -- Margaret Thatcher
The first thing we noticed was how flamboyant [Dalton] Trumbo was in real life. -- Jay Roach
When anarchy is declared, the first thing we do, let's kill all the anarchists. -- Craig Reucassel
The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold. -- Derek Jeter
The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. -- Alan Kay
Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another. -- Sophie Ellis Bextor
The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock. -- Herbie Hancock
There is no such thing as second place. Either you're first or you're nothing. -- Gabe Paul
Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing. -- Ninette de Valois
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals? -- Aeschylus
During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life. -- Michael Douglas
The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation. -- William Godwin
Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another. -- Sophie Ellis Bextor
Names aren't just coathooks, they're coats. They're the first thing anyone knows about you. -- Nick Harkaway
Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government. -- Confucius
when your child is in trouble, the first thing you do is blame yourself. -- Barbara Walters
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. -- Blaise Pascal
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. -- T. S. Eliot
The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel. -- Nicholas Meyer
The first thing I'd do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. -- Barack Obama
The first thing I really enjoy is to make love, after comes the music. -- Gianni Versace
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill. -- Aeschylus
The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work. -- John Frankenheimer
Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon. -- Emily Dickinson

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