First Time Quotes - Page 14

• I believe for the first time in history, entrepreneurship is now a viable career.

  Eric Ries

  Believe, Careers, Firsts

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• Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it's not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don't want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it's not unhealthy, so I'm going to rock with it.

  Rihanna

  Sexy, Book, Holiday

  "Rihanna: Living Out Loud". Interview with Jonathan Van Meter, www.vogue.com. March 16, 2011.

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• The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it.

  Joan Rivers

  Inspirational, Funny, Running

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• In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi, no color prejudice like in Washington. It was the first time I felt like a human being.

  Paul Robeson

  Russia, Color, Prejudice

  Testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 12, 1956.

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• The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.

  Ray Romano

  Queens, Golf, Play

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• I remember the first time I heard a teenager say 'LOL.' Just what? But it means 'laugh.' Why don't you just laugh? What are you doing?

  J. K. Rowling

  Teenager, Mean, Laughing

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• In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part, the Indian part. The part of me that loves London, and the part that longs for Bombay. And at my typewriter, alone, I could indulge this.

  Salman Rushdie

  Writing, Thinking, Typewriters

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• The only time I've really been away from my kids to do work was doing Shall We Dance because they both were in camp and it was the first time in twenty years that I haven't been with my kids.

  Susan Sarandon

  Kids, Years, Twenties

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. November 1, 2004.

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• The feeling of your baby taking nourishment from your body for the first time is amazing, and it remains the most touching moment of my life.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Baby, Touching, Feelings

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• In the 1960s, if you introduced a new product to America, 90% of the people who viewed it for the first time believed in the corporate promise. Then 40 years later if you performed the same exercise, less than 10% of the public believed it was true. The fracturing of trust is based on the fact that the consumer has been let down.

  Howard Schultz

  Lying, Exercise, Years

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• I think the first time I really heard poetry was in the schoolyard. Just the little limericks that kids say when they're jumping rope and playing games. I think that's the first time I heard rhyming words - I don't know if I'd call that the definitive poetry, but that's when I heard rhyming words said and not necessarily sung.

  Jill Scott

  Kids, Thinking, Playing Games

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• I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that.

  Amy Sedaris

  New York, Cities, Firsts

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• The first time I went to therapy, I had to stop going because they were making me hate my parents.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Hate, Parent, Firsts

  "Chloë Sevigny: What I've Learned" by Ryan D'agostino, www.esquire.com. January 2009.

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• For the first time in my life I'm really happy to be unattached because I realise there is so much responsibility to having a partner.

  Amanda Seyfried

  Responsibility, Firsts, Partners

  "Amanda Seyfried admits she enjoyed Justin Timberlake love scenes for In Time". www.mirror.co.uk. November 04, 2011.

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• I remember the first time I saw the 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' video. I will never forget that day. I just wanted to see Kurt Cobain's face. I had a feeling he was very cute. But, I couldn't see his face. When I finally did see him, he was even cuter than I imagined!

  Shakira

  Cute, Smell, Feelings

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• When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

  William Shatner

  Character, Generations, Guests

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• When I planned my wedding the first time, my ex-husband and I, we were both struggling comics. I had a TV show that had gotten cancelled. Basically, I rented a wedding gown; the reception hall smelled like feet.

  Sherri Shepherd

  Husband, Struggle, Tv Shows

  "Sherri Shepherd Talks: Marriage Life, Divorce, Parenting & Advice On Catching A Man" by Brennan Williams, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2011.

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• Usually when I go to a place for the first time, unless there's something historical or spectacular that nature has to offer, the first thing I like to do is see what's on the minds of the people.

  Patti Smith

  People, Historical, Mind

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• When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out and socialize. You play more shows, you spend more time together. You're a unit. As you grow older, inevitably you develop a life outside the band. I think it would be tragic if you didn't.

  Robert Smith

  Thinking, Play, Together

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• The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

  Will Smith

  Air, Actors, Firsts

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• I'm very used to working with first time actors - you can just look back at 'E.T.' with Drew Barrymore, and Christian Bale from 'Empire of the Sun,' who'd never made a movie before.

  Steven Spielberg

  Christian, Looks, Actors

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• I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.

  Sylvester Stallone

  Believe, Artist, Phones

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• The sad thing is that I feel so boring because 'Twilight' is literally how every conversation I have these days begins - whether it's someone I'm meeting for the first time or someone I just haven't seen in a while. The first thing I want to say to them is, 'It's insane! And, as a person, I can't do anything!'

  Kristen Stewart

  Twilight, Insane, Want

  Interview with Dennis Hopper, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2009.

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• I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics.

  George Strait

  Song, Thinking, Pay

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• I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs.

  Taylor Swift

  Country, Song, Artist

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