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Firsts Quotes - Page 119

Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.

Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.163, Princeton University Press

She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.

Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.249, Feminist Press at CUNY

When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.

"Move over, Sydney: Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House". Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2011.

God, why didn't you make Woman first - when you were fresh?

"Fictional character: Dr. Marc Chabot". "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever", www.imdb.com. 1970.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

Sir Winston Churchill (1966). “Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit”

Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

"Sticks, stones and custard" by Ariane Sherine, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2009.

Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.

William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.25

The worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English, I mean Master Geoffrey Chaucer.

Caxton's edition (c.1478) of Chaucer's translation of Boethius 'De Consolacione Philosophie' epilogue