First Impression Quotes - Page 3

• I had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time.

  Lee Child

  Thinking, Years, America

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• I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.

  Billy Zane

  Psychology, Training, Too Much

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My garden is the most beautiful thing in the world.

  Josephine de Beauharnais

  Beautiful, Garden, World

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• There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.

  Simon Cowell

  Thinking, Expression, People

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• The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the first impression it's going to make. And very often it's portraying a very different film from the one the actors actually did.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Drawing, People, Actors

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• I've always loved Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. There's this wonderful chapter in which we get a first-person account of the monster's first impressions of the world, being in the woods and taking things in. We're seeing the world as if for the first time. That's just fascinating.

  Mordicai Gerstein

  Monsters, World, Woods

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• I just don't give off a great first impression.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Giving, Firsts, Impression

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• Your agents and your managers will always say stuff to you like, "It's really important to make a good first impression on a casting director. And even though you didn't get that job, because you did well that means they'll keep bringing you back in." But when you really just need a job to pay your rent, that stops being very consoling.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Jobs, Mean, Important

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• It's going to be difficult for [Donald] Trump to overcome the deep first impression that he gave to the Latino community with his comments right out of the gate about Mexican immigrants, with his comments about Judge Curiel.

  Julian Castro

  Judging, Mexican, Community

  Source: www.npr.org

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• At times, it could be a bit difficult to understand everything that's being said when just listening, but I wanted the lyrics to be the first impression.

  Frank Iero

  Listening, Firsts, Said

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• Move to California - my first impression of the Wild West.

  Billy Joel

  Moving, California, West

  "No 'Pressure' for Billy Joel as he begins tour". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.today.com. December 16, 2005.

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• A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Sight, Matter, Firsts

  "Paladin of Souls". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 2003.

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• Don't decide on a dog based on looks either, much like with people, looks and first impressions can be deceiving.

  Elizabeth Holmes

  Dog, People, Looks

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• Set up your study or picture in an orderly fashion. This order should not cramp either the linearist or the colorist... Never lose sight of that first impression by which you were moved.

  Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

  Fashion, Sight, Order

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• I think that rather being overly-friendly at first, having a cold first impression and slowly making them realize that I'm not that cold is better.

  Jessica Jung

  Thinking, Friendly, Snsd

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• Seven minutes is all you get to make a positive first impression. In the first seven minutes of contact with your church, your first-time guests will know whether or not they are coming back. That’s before a single worship song is sung and before a single word of the message is uttered.

  Nelson Searcy

  Song, Church, Guests

  Nelson Searcy (2010). “Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church (Large Print 16pt)”, p.28, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I think my first impression (of Bix Beiderbecke) was the lasting one. I remember very clearly thinking, 'Where, what planet, did this guy come from? Is he from outer space?' I'd never heard anything like the way he played-not in Chicago, no place. The tone-he had this wonderful, ringing cornet tone. He could have played in a symphony orchestra with that tone. But also the intervals he played, the figures-whatever the hell he did. There was a refinement about his playing. You know, in those days I played a little trumpet, and I could play all the solos from his records, by heart.

  Benny Goodman

  Heart, Thinking, Play

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• I've always liked American actors particularly. Because that was my first impression. I was very enamoured of America when I was a kid because we were surrounded by American soldiers during the war, the accent was very strange to me, it was very exotic and very captivating.

  Anthony Hopkins

  War, Kids, America

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• Growing up in Atlanta I always had a sense of what fashion was, a sense of style - my parents always talked about the importance of making a first impression and that's stayed with me.

  Cam Newton

  Fashion, Growing Up, Atlanta

  "The ESQ&A: Cam Newton on His New Clothing Line". Interview with Nic Screws, www.esquire.com. April 9, 2013.

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• When I met Nathan, I told my tour manager he was too good-looking for me. I don't have a history of dating good-looking men. I've always complained that girls don't get male groupies, and now I've married the first groupie I've ever had.

  Nina Persson

  Girl, Husband, Men

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In order to get the worst possible first impression of Los Angeles one should arrive there by bus, preferably in summer and on a Saturday night.

  Christopher Isherwood

  Summer, Night, Order

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• Encore' was an experiment. 'Encore' was the second chance at a first impression. 'Encore' was not completely planned.

  Hunter Hayes

  Second Chance, Firsts, Experiments

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• I'm a big believer in first impressions," he finally said. "Tell me what your first thought was when Jason walked into the courtroom." Taylor took a sip of her drink and grinned. This one was easy. "I vowed to hate him forever." Jeremy's brown eyes twinkled at this. "That's exactly what I said nineteen years ago, five minutes after he first walked into our dorm room.

  Julie James

  Hate, Eye, Years

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• A few days after we came home from the hospital, I sent a letter to a friend, including a photo of my son and some first impressions of fatherhood. He responded, simply, 'Everything is possible again.' It was the perfect thing to write, because that was exactly how it felt. We could retell our stories and make them better, more representative or aspirational. Or we could choose to tell different stories. The world itself had another chance.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Home, Writing, Son

  "Eating Animals". Book by Jonathan Safran Foer, March 4, 2010.

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• I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The first time you try Gorgonzola cheese you may find it too strong, but when you are older you may want to eat nothing but Gorgonzola cheese. Klaus, when Sunny was born, did not like her at all, but by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were thick as thieves. Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time.

  Daniel Handler

  Strong, Two, Trying

  "The Bad Beginning". Book by Daniel Handler, September 30, 1999.

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