Firsts Quotes - Page 236

Her absence had felt like torture--almost a form of personal punishment. He had nobody to discuss his feelings with, and for the first time he realised with appalling clarity what a destructive hold she had over him.

A first premonition of the rich variety of life had come to him; for the first time he thought he had understood the nature of human beings - they needed each other even when they appeared hostile, and it was very sweet to be loved by them.

I defended myself at the first opportunity I had, which was a meeting of writers in which I proved that Honecker had based his whole attack.

Fear first made gods in the world.

The vast majority of the coverage had to do with him basically saying, for the first 100 days of my administration, the [Donald] Trump administration, I'd be going after people who ticked me off.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

The category of first sentence makes sense only if it is looking forward to the development of thematic concerns it perhaps only dimly foreshadows.

There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.' But I suspect that's apocryphal. My mother, Mrs. Donen, tended to exaggerate.

I always loved cartoons but the process seemed so difficult. Then I told myself, "Nothing good comes easy." So, I took a plunge and started my first animation stint in 2003.

I was also always interested in the aesthetic realm - architecture and that kind of stuff - but music was my first love.

I must say that the first person to realise that I was talented in art was my mother.

The first thing we do when we're born is we breathe in, and we cry. And the last thing we do when we die is we breathe out, and other people cry.

'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

I'm beginning to see Brooks [Robinson] in my sleep. If I dropped a paper plate, he'd pick it up on one hop and throw me out at first.

Even from the first it is meek to seek the impossible.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with

Visiting any shop for the first time is exciting. There's always that buzz as you push open the door; that hope; that belief - that this is going to be the shop of all shops, which will bring you everything you ever wanted, at magically low prices.

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.

You have my word. If you return with me, you won't be harmed. I'd die first.

There are two kinds of trouble: The kind you have and the kind you haven't. There are but few of the first sort, but of the second there is no end.

Having a successful first album is one thing, but a successful third is another.

Society, that first of blessings, brings with it evils death only can cure.

I'm always gonna rap. Rapping's what I started doing, I even sang when I first started rapping, when I couldn't really sing at all but I always tried.

I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid.

The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified.