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“Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think they continue to do a disservice in making it seem like fossil fuels are cheaper than they really are in terms of total cost.”

Thinking Firsts Seems Term Company Enemy Car Cost First Time Oil Permanent Fuel Electric Fossils Cheaper Fossil Fuel Disservice Oil Companies Electric Car

Author:Chris Paine

“A lot of the people I'm working with are not actors, or it's their first time in a movie. I'm not trying to shape performances, coax performances out of them. It's more like I want to put them in situations that naturally work or allow them to be themselves. If it's not happening, I'll just completely switch it up, rather than trying to make it work.”

People Ifs Want Trying Firsts Actors Situation Shapes Happenings First Time Performances

Author:Joe Swanberg

“Every single year since they invented sound recording it gets better and better. We've always improved it. With MP3, which just sounds awful, it's the first time in the history of recorded music that it sounds worse. It's really - and it's everywhere, it's ubiquitous.”

Years Firsts Sound First Time Awful Get Better It Gets Better Mp3 Recorded Music

Author:Linda Ronstadt

“I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem old-fashioned, I'm sure, like the time of illuminated manuscripts.”

Firsts Book Seems Process First Time Old Fashioned Spine Sinking Manuscripts

Author:Edwidge Danticat

“I wanted to stay hooked because it was the first time I've been part of the tradition where forgetting was just fine. You do it, you try, you forget, you fail.”

Trying Firsts Wanted Forget Failing Fine First Time Tradition Forget You Hooked

Author:Laurie Anderson

“The sexual revolution produced cultural convulsions that were unparalleled in the 20th century. The female sex was historically sexualized and required to have orgasms for the first time. Sexual "deviants," particularly homosexuals, achieved partial emancipation.”

Firsts Sex Century Revolution First Time Female Homosexual 20th Century Emancipation Deviants Sexual Revolution

Author:Volkmar Sigusch

“My philosophy on writing a song for myself is that I always, always, always want to write a song. I always want to write a song. I realize that as a record producer or a singer or whatever I might not, if I recorded on myself or someone else, the first time out I might not give it the right treatment, so that the world or many people will accept it and it'll be a public hit, or anything like that.”

People Ifs World Want Giving Writing Firsts Philosophy Might Song Realizing Accepting Records First Time Singers Producers Treatment

Author:Smokey Robinson

“As a first time director it's interesting, but not all that different from what I did before. A lot of parts of this job seem to be very similar to running a big company.”

Firsts Different Bigs Seems Running Jobs Interesting Company Directors First Time Big Companies

Author:Timothy Miller

“Rather than attend to a world considered as if it's out there, I have to start to attend to me. That led to some things that I never wanted it to lead to, person as a sort of psychological miasma. I started to get wrapped up in self, and then, for the first time, self did become an autobiographical self.”

Ifs World Firsts Persons Self Wanted First Time Psychological

Author:Vito Acconci

“I romanticized domesticity for a while, and loved having a shopping list of groceries stuck to the fridge for the first time.”

Firsts First Time Lists Stuck Shopping Groceries Fridges Domesticity

Author:Liberty Ross

“The first time I knew what I wanted to do with my life was when I was about four years old. I was listening to an old Victrola, playing a railroad song...I thought that was the most wonderful, amazing thing...That you could take this piece of wax and music would come out of that box. From that day on, I wanted to sing on the radio.”

Years Firsts Wanted Song Pieces Four Wonderful Listening First Time Radio Boxes Four Years Amazing Things Railroads

Author:Johnny Cash

“For the first time American astronauts on the International Space Station ate vegetables grown in space. In other words, even space is getting more rain than California.”

Firsts Space First Time Rain International California Stations Vegetables Astronaut International Space Station

Author:Conan O'Brien

“If children gave up when they fell for the first time, they would never learn to walk.”

Ifs Firsts Children Walks First Time Gave Up

Book:You Can Heal Your Life

Source: You Can Heal Your Life

“When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.”

World Firsts First Time

Author:Dallas Willard

“A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.”

Men Firsts Persons Inspiration Age First Time Aging Old Man

Book:The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table: Every Man His Own Boswell

Source: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-table: Every Man His Own Boswell

“And I saw for the first time how, despite the isolation of our own lives, we are always connected to our ancestors; our bodies hold the memories of those who came before us, whether it is the features we inherit or a disposition that is etched into our soul.”

Firsts Soul Body Memories Saws First Time Connected Despite Features Isolation Ancestor Disposition Those Who Came Before Us

Book:The Lost Wife

Source: The Lost Wife

“The Conversation was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is.”

Firsts Simple Saws Conversation First Time Piano

Author:Petra Haden

“A lot of first-time filmmakers are almost apologizing for their movie by saying, Well, we only had 18 days to shoot, you know.”

Knows Firsts Wells First Time Filmmaker Apologizing

Author:Mark Waters

“I almost dropped dead the first time I heard Bob Dole say 'gay marriage' on the floor of the senate. He wasn't saying nice things, but he said it! I never thought in my lifetime I'd hear that. I just think we're moving now at warp speed. Even when we take a step back like with prop 8, we take two steps forward.”

Thinking Firsts Said Two Moving Steps Nice Heard Gay First Time Lifetime Speed Senate Bob Gay Marriage Nice Things Props Steps Forward Warp

Author:Cherry Jones

“Years ago I read an interview with Paula Fox in which she said that in writing, truth is just as important as story. Reading that interview was the first time I really understood that there's no point in trying to impress people with my cleverness when I can just try to write honestly about what matters most to me.”

“I asked myself what Palestinians would do if Israel disappeared-if everything not only went back to the way it was before 1948 but if all the Jewish people abandoned the Holy Land and were scattered again. And for the first time, I knew the answer. We would still fight. Over nothing. Over a girl without a head scarf. Over who was toughest and most important. Over who would make the rules and who would get the best seat.”

People Ifs Way Firsts Stills Important Girl Fighting Answers Land Holy First Time Israel Seats Abandoned Palestinian Scarves Holy Land

Author:Mosab Hassan Yousef

“This morning, for the first time in a long time, the joy again of imagining a knife twisted in my heart.”

Firsts Heart Long Joy Morning My Heart Long Time First Time Knives Twisted

Book:1910-1913. Tr. by Joseph Kresh

Source: 1910-1913. Tr. by Joseph Kresh

“Despite a lingering low inventory and increasing prices, consumers still have the confidence to purchase a home. More and more people recognize the many opportunities in this market and the significant value of low interest rates. As job creation and wages continue to improve, many more first-time buyers are now making the decision to become homeowners.”

“I have an older sister and my mom would dress us up identically, so in all of our pictures, we're in these giant pink, poufy outfits. I remember when I was four or five, we all went to a theme park and I had to go to the bathroom but couldn't hold it in anymore. Let's just say, I had to buy a brand new outfit! But that moment was the first time I remember ever wearing something different from my sister at an event. It was my breakthrough moment when I decided I was never going to match my sister again!”

“I would have to say that first preseason game. Just to put the pads on as an NFL player for the first time. It's a humbling experience because you realize that you are here and now you have an opportunity to go to work and continue to better yourself as a player. It's what you work for as an athlete and you know once you get there the real work begins.”

Knows Firsts Real Opportunity Games Realizing Player First Time Athlete Nfl Here And Now Humbling Pads Real Work Nfl Players Better Yourself Humbling Experiences

Author:Giovani Bernard

“I've always wanted to be a voice actor. Well I think at first I wanted to be a singer. Then in middle school I auditioned for a musical and I only really cared because I wanted to sing in it. I had to act as well as part of the audition and that was the first time I ever really acted, and I was like 'Oh hey, this is fun, I like doing this.'”

Thinking Firsts Wells Wanted School Actors Fun Voice Middle First Time Musical Singers Hey Auditions Middle School

Author:Ashly Burch

“With the movies, you do your preparation on your own. It's much more internalized and ... the actual performance is a kind of, just trying to capture one moment at a time, for the first time.”

Trying Firsts Kind Moments First Time Performances Preparation Capture

Author:Alessandro Nivola

“Trump says he wants to run for president. Why not? It wouldn't be the first time he pushed a black family out of their home.”

Want Firsts Home Running Black President Trump First Time Why Not Black Family

Author:Snoop Dogg

“Whenever I start working on a song, I immediately try to forget everything, to empty my head. I try to approach it like,“This is the first time I've ever played a guitar. What am I going to do?”. That's one way of getting straight through the conscious mind into the subconscious layer where the true creative spirit lies.”

Way Trying Mind Firsts Spirit Lying Song Forget Creative Approach Conscious First Time Empty Guitar One Way Layers Subconscious Conscious Mind Forget Everything Creative Spirit

Author:Edge

“Failure is important because the first time you win (or lose), it could be luck, it could be timing, or it could be talent. It's only after you fail once or twice and learn to rely equally on thought, analysis, and anticipation-in addition to speed, talent, and execution-that you can really call yourself an entrepreneur ... In the long run, it's mind over muscle, strategy over strength, and a healthy perspective-not just a lot of perspiration-that make someone a real success in his or her business and in the equally important rest of his or her life.”

“When we live our lives authentically, we discover our true place in the world for the first time.”

World Firsts Our Lives First Time Places In The World

Book:Simple Abundance

Source: Simple Abundance

“Something had changed in me, even if I didn't know what it was just yet. All I could think was that I felt alive for the first time.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Firsts Felt Alive Changed First Time

Book:Dreamland

Source: Dreamland

“As to Hemingway, I read him for the first time in the early 'forties, something about bells, balls and bulls, and loathed it.”

Firsts First Time Balls Forty Bells Bulls

Author:Ernest Hemingway

“You are a true representative of the spirituality of our home, India. Ever since I met you for the first time, the link between us has always grown in strength. I want to say how much I value the meaning of that bond, because it is one of true dedication to the service of God.”

Want Firsts Home Values Spirituality Mets First Time India Links Dedication Representatives

Author:Vilayat Inayat Khan

“I've worked in almost every other place in Canada except Toronto, funny enough, where my husband's from. The first time I was here it was winter, and I got engaged. The second time I was here it was summer, and I was married. My family lives here, my stepson lives here, so it's a wonderful place. Everyone's very nice and hospitable, unlike Hollywood.”

Firsts Enough Nice Wonderful Husband Summer Married First Time My Family Hollywood Winter Engaged Canada My Husband Family Life Very Nice Toronto Wonderful Places Stepsons

Author:Tori Spelling

“The first time I went to Wales I thought I'd landed in a land of hobbits. Everybody was really small and the houses were small and the writing was backwards.”

Writing Firsts House Land First Time Backwards Wales

Author:David Hasselhoff

“'One Tree Hill' really had an impact on my life. It was the first time I left my house and my family in New York and went to a small town in North Carolina. It was the most incredible experience for me.”

Firsts House Left Tree New York First Time My Family Towns Impact Incredibles Hills Small Town Carolina North Carolina Tree Hill

Author:Daniella Alonso

“Only your customers can define quality, because it's meeting your customers' expectations the first time every time. Simply put, it's performance to the standards of the customer.”

Firsts Quality Standards Expectations First Time Performances Meetings Customers

Author:Ed Robertson

“I've literally opened it up to suggestions and it's totally chaotic and kind of a bad idea. You don't need the actual feedback to get a sense. When you're showing a song for the first time, people can feel that newness.”

People Needs Feels Firsts Kind Ideas Song First Time Suggestions Feedback Chaotic Bad Ideas Newness

Author:Andrew Bird

“The first time we did it [voice-over], I was trying to use my face and my eyes more so and really portray that emotion, and that didn't matter. I realized you have to bring that emotion into the way you sound, and all those different layers have to be in your voice instead of the way you are wrinkling your eyebrows or whatever. I had to learn how to do that.”

Way Trying Firsts Different Matter Use Eye Faces Sound Voice Emotion First Time I Realized Layers Eyebrows Voice Over

Author:Elle Fanning

“The first time I was asked whether women can "have it all" was at the Miss America pageant. I said no. I didn't mean that women shouldn't fully pursue their dreams, only that we need to be honest with ourselves.”

Needs Firsts Mean Said Dream America Honest Missing First Time Pursue Being Honest Pageant Miss America

Author:Gretchen Carlson

“When you first time you fall in love, you think that is going to be your whole life project, loving someone. It burns your brain, you kind of become blind, the moment you see the person you're in love with you want to see that person again and again and again, kiss that person, hug that person. You turn blank to the rest of the world.”

Thinking World Want Firsts Kind Persons Whole Moments Turns Fall Brain Love You Kissing Projects First Time Blind Falling In Love Whole Life Hug Again And Again Blank Loving Someone

Author:Gaspar Noe

“The first time I was in this state recruiting, that's when I knew I wanted to be a Gator, because I saw the influence and saw what it's all about. This goes a long time.”

Firsts Long States Wanted Saws Influence Long Time First Time Gators

Author:Jim McElwain

“My wife has helped me with a lot of things. She's also got me to like a lot of different things like sushi. I never would have tried that if it weren't for her. I also went to Hillsong (Church) in New York for the first time with her. It's fun to experience new things with the person you love.”

Ifs Firsts Persons Different Fun Church Wife New York First Time My Wife Different Things New Things Sushi Experience New Things

Author:Jrue Holiday

“My mom was very spiritual. We were a Catholic family. We read the Bible at a young age. I have two brothers and a sister. We're all very close. That was part of our childhood. But when I went to college and then got drafted and played in Anaheim, it was a life changer for me. I was exposed to so many things. I was out on my own for the first time.”

Firsts Two Age Spiritual Young My Own Childhood College Brother Mom First Time Our Children Catholic My Mom Life Changing Exposed Young Age Two Brothers Catholic Family

Author:Matt Cullen

“I'm the worst critic about music myself. I hardly ever, every like something the first time I listen to it. So I've got to put myself in other people's shoes.”

People Firsts Worst First Time Critics Shoes Like Something

Author:Marc Martel

“I've always had good relationships with directors. I'm one of those people where, if there's a good idea coming from the sound guy, I'll take it. Filmmaking is a collaborative effort, whether it's a first-time director or it's Mike Nichols. I think that's the standard that the great ones set.”

People Ifs Thinking Firsts Ideas Guy Sound Effort Directors Standards First Time Good Ideas Filmmaking Mike Great Ones Good Relationship Collaborative Effort

Author:Patrick Wilson

“When I was at college - that was the first time I tried singing. I played in a band, and people seemed to like it.”

People Firsts College Band Singing First Time

Author:Bryan Ferry

“Growing up, I didn't know very much about my heritage and the Soviet Union and things of that nature. But when I saw the Soviet Union play hockey for the first time, to me, it was profound.”

Knows Firsts Play Growing Up Saws Growing First Time Unions Profound Hockey Heritage Soviet Soviet Union

Author:Gabe Polsky

“He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time.”

Firsts Doe First Time Praise Refuse

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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