“Virtue and vice are both prophets; the first, of certain good; the second, of pain or else of penitence.” FirstsPainCertainVirtueVicesProphetPenitence Author:Ralph Venning
“Language itself is a mask. It's the first mask in the series of invented selves - they've come right out of language. The way you speak changes you, because when you are speaking, you are representing yourself in a certain way.” WayFirstsSelfCertainSpeakLanguageSeriesMaskRepresenting Author:Vijay Seshadri
“My first decade of living in a metropolis was like, I was a people watcher. It meant the world to me to talk to strangers. I got excited about the fifth time I'd see the same person in the same bodega. I loved getting to know a certain clerk or barista. It took on a whole big meaning for me because of that atomization that suburban people do start to feel.” PeopleKnowsWorldFeelsFirstsPersonsWholeBigsCertainExcitedStrangerDecadesFifthClerksWatchersMetropolisBarista Author:Debra Granik
“My first kiss was with a girlfriend. And it was at a party. I think I was hopeful that that would happen, but I didn't plan it. You know, honestly, I think if there's a little too much planning, it's almost just like self-sabotage. Because then, you want it to go a certain way and it just doesn't. And then you're like, 'Awww, why!?!'” IfsThinkingKnowsWayWantFirstsLittlesSelfHappensCertainPartyToo MuchPlansKissingHonestlyPlanningGirlfriendHopefulFirst KissSabotageSelf SabotageMy First Kiss Author:Tyler Blackburn
“Being honest, if I had a daughter I wouldn't want her listening to a Nicki Minaj CD until she was a certain age. Even when I meet my fans and they tell me they are 12, I cringe a little. I always say, 'Listen. I don't want you saying the bad words, put school first.'” IfsWantFirstsLittlesAgeSchoolCertainFansHonestListeningDaughterBeing HonestCdsCringeBad Word Author:Nicki Minaj
“The social issues outside of football are not as defined as they were earlier, when integration took place and certain rights were legislated. The Civil Rights movement is over. Individuals can buy homes wherever they want, travel first class wherever they want, eat wherever they want.” WantFirstsHomeCertainIndividualSocialClassIssuesRightsMovementFootballCivil RightsDefinedIntegrationSocial IssuesCivil Rights MovementFirst Class Author:Jim Brown
“I've done movies for certain reasons; I did 'Anaconda' because the black man lives. Simple. The black man isn't dead in the first three pages, like Jurassic Park. It's like, 'The black man kills the snake with a Latino girl? Damn! I got to do this.'” MenFirstsReasonDoneCertainGirlThreeBlackSimplePagesDamnParksSnakesLatinoSimple LifeJurassic Park Author:Ice Cube
“Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with Highway, there was something very subtle, yet something very influential. I intended Highway to be the first film that I ever made. Didnt happen.” FirstsMadeStoriesHappensFilmCertainInterestLosesSubtleHighwaysInfluential Author:Imtiaz Ali
“These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual.” FirstsKindFactsGovernmentAgeLawCertainFourSubjectsJudgingKingsThirdsFunctionTyrannyHeroicFourthPerpetualDictatorRoyaltyMonarchyBarbariansHereditary Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)
“The fight against syphilis demands a fight against prostitution, against prejudices, old habits, against previous conceptions, general views among them not least the false prudery of certain circles. The first prerequisite for even the moral right to combat these things is the facilitation of earlier marriage for the coming generation.” FirstsCertainFightingReligiousViewsMoralGenerationsHabitDemandPrejudiceCirclesConceptionCombatProstitutionPrerequisitesMein KampfOld HabitsSyphilis Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf