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For exams, I swotted so hard because I couldn't bear the thought of not coming first. -- Lily James
Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing. -- J. Michael Straczynski
In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along. -- Antonin Scalia
The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face, and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through. -- Tony Scott
I played golf for 25 years before I made a hole-in-one of any kind. I was on the tour for years before it finally happened. Eventually I made 23, but boy, that first one was a long time coming. It was the price I paid for not shooting at every flag. -- Billy Casper
I think as a writer you never have to flee from fame because you're not that visible in the first place, but, after the Broadway success of 'Beauty Queen,' people were coming up to me all the time, and I wasn't really prepared for that level of attention. -- Martin McDonagh
Films are not mathematics - that's the first thing you need to understand. At least, that's how I feel. They are not words on paper. Films are made with people, with teams and with individual bundles of creativity coming together to fulfill the vision of an individual who is the director of the film. -- Shahid Kapoor
My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid. I just sort of taught myself whatever was around. If there were instruments around, I'd play them. I always liked the idea of not being shown but coming up with my own energetic connection to the instrument. -- Xavier Rudd
Well, the first thing that clued me in to the fact that there was something really scary about breast cancer, way beyond the thought of dying, was coming across an ad in the newspaper for pink breast cancer teddy bears. I am not that afraid of dying, but I am terrified of dying with a pink teddy bear under my arm. -- Barbara Ehrenreich
I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is not linear or chronological at all, even with the short story. I will just be writing bits and pieces, and then when I have all the pieces on the table, that for me is when it feels like the real work begins. -- Jill McCorkle
The distance that the dead have gone Does not at first appear- Their coming back seems possible For many an ardent year. -- Emily Dickinson
Winning does not always mean coming in first...real victory is in arriving at the finish line with no regrets because you know you've gone all out. -- Apolo Ohno
Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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