“The first time I ever thought about doing a film seriously, I was in London. I was about 17 years old. I was just standing in the street, a bit dazzled by an Antonioni bus wipe, which by the way are inherent in London, and I imagined a film set in London starting out with the riff from The Yardbird's "Heart Full of Soul", and now, how ever many years later, I've done it.” WayYearsFirstsHeartSoulDoneFilmBitsStreetsFirst TimeStandingStartingLondonBusInherentWipeStarting OutFilm Set Author:William Monahan
“Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows and the cyclists. So for the first time the sacred cow in India, which used to be such a wonderful speed-breaker, is now seen as a nuisance. For the first time, Ive seen cows being hit and hurt. These guys just go right past, and if the cow is sitting on the road, they dont care. We cant afford to have a sacred car rather than a sacred cow.” IfsFirstsCarePastUsedGuyHurtWonderfulStreetsCarModelsSittingFirst TimeIndiaSacredDon't CareSpeedUsed To BeCowsIntoleranceNuisanceNew CarDelhiCyclistsSacred Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“As I've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with Iran. But still, engaging directly with the Iranian government on a sustained basis for the first time in decades has created a unique opportunity, a window, to try to resolve important issues.” TryingFirstsSaidStillsImportantGovernmentOpportunityDifferencesDealsIssuesUniqueFirst TimeWindowBasesDecadesNuclearIranResolveEngagingIranianImportant IssuesUnique Opportunities Author:Barack Obama
“You know, that was the first time [with Any Winehouse] that I probably ever used a baritone sax. And it's certainly the texture that, you know - it's all over the record 'cause it's a nice compliment to her tone.” KnowsFirstsUsedCausesRecordsNiceFirst TimeToneComplimentTextureBaritones Author:Mark Ronson
“I think Eleanor Roosevelt's so popular at Allenswood because it's the first time she is, number one, free. But it's the first time somebody really recognizes her own leadership abilities and her own scholarly abilities.” ThinkingFirstsAbilityNumbersFirst TimeEleanorScholarly Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“When he [Franklin Roosevelt] ultimately does not get the Republican Party nomination and decides to start his new Bull Moose Party, he does, for the first time, let black delegates be part of the party from elsewhere in the country.” FirstsDoeCountryBlackPartyRepublicanFirst TimeElsewhereRepublican PartyBullsFranklinNominationsDelegatesMoose Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“My first impression was that this guy [Ndamukong Suh] is very confident. For him to be so young, I was kind of caught off guard by how confident he was. But then my first time seeing him on the field, pretty much solidified why he was so confident. He's obviously a monster.” FirstsKindYoungGuySeeingFieldsFirst TimeCaughtMonstersImpressionThis GuyFirst Impression Author:Nate Burleson
“John Lewis is such a remarkable human being. Literally, such a beautiful human being. I remember the first time I met him. We were in the middle of a scene and [Selma director] Ava DuVernay calls, "Cut," and then he literally just came in. He just came walking in.I just froze. I can't explain the feeling. Seeing somebody who was literally a living hero. He was a hero.” FirstsHumansI CanFeelingsBeautifulRememberHuman BeingsCuttingSeeingMiddleHeroWalkingMetsSceneDirectorsFirst TimeRemarkable Author:Stephan James
“I remember the first time I drove mum's car. We just went to a car park near my house, and it actually wasn't too bad. I felt quite confident straight away.” FirstsRememberHouseFeltCarFirst TimeParksMumCar Parks Author:Melissa Breen
“Establishing what the vision is and being able to stick to it is the job, and everyone should be on the same page, going in. With that said, first-time director or not, you never know what you're going to get.” KnowsShouldFirstsSaidAbleJobsVisionDirectorsPagesFirst TimeSticks Author:Thomas Jane
“Great directors turn in mediocre work and first-time directors turn in exceptional work. No matter how good a person can talk about what he wants, you never know.” KnowsWantFirstsPersonsMatterTurnsDirectorsFirst TimeMediocreExceptional Author:Thomas Jane
“After a couple of rehearsals and a couple of takes, Sydney Pollack says, "Come here. Why are you not nervous?" And I [say], "Do you think it would be better if I was nervous?" And he says, "No, it's just I can't understand it - how you would be first time on a set, you're acting, when he flubs his line you make up a new line. It's very interesting." It's not that I think I'm great; that's what I knew I wanted to do.” IfsThinkingFirstsI CanWould BeWantedLinesInterestingActingCoupleFirst TimeNervousVery InterestingRehearsalSydney Author:Geena Davis
“The life changing moment for me what the first time I went to a war zone and that was Sierra Leone. I took two weeks, eleven years ago and I went. I wasn't an Ambassador or anything I just asked to go and I was allowed to go. It was like someone smacked me in the face.” YearsFirstsTwoWarMomentsFacesWeekFirst TimeYears AgoLife ChangingZoneElevenTwo WeeksAmbassadorsSierraWar ZonesSierra Leone Author:Angelina Jolie
“There's definitely a psychology to making you feel important and like you're part of the game. It's a very special quality, especially with a first-time director.” FeelsFirstsImportantGamesQualityPsychologySpecialLike YouDirectorsFirst Time Author:Jennifer Coolidge
“I am scared of spiders! And I still get a little afraid every time I have to do something new or have to get out in front of a big crowd. The first time I sang "Swag It Out" live, I was really scared.” FirstsLittlesStillsBigsFrontsFirst TimeScaredCrowdsSomething NewSpidersSwag Author:Zendaya
“The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the archetypes are and what the writing is trying to do in that context.” WayWritingTryingFirstsLooksSometimesApproachFirst TimeScriptsArchetype Author:Sarah Gadon
“I spent five years in prison, a free man for the first time in my whole life.” MenYearsFirstsWholeFiveFirst TimePrisonWhole LifeFive YearsFree Man Author:Christian Hosoi
“Listen- my relationship with radio on a personal level is nothing but a one way love-a-thon... I love radio, I grew up on radio. That's where I heard Buddy Holly, that's where I heard Chuck Berry. I couldn't believe it the first time I heard one of my records on the radio, and I STILL love hearing anything I'm involved with on radio, and some of my best friends were from radio. But we were on different sides of that argument, there's no question about that.” WayFirstsBelieveStillsDifferentSidesLevelsRecordsHeardGrewInvolvedGrew UpFirst TimeArgumentRadioHearingOne WayMy Best FriendBuddyChuckBerriesHolliesDifferent SidesThon Author:Bernie Finkelstein
“Working with Preme is always a dream come true. It's never like "I'm here and I'm comfortable." It's always like that very first time. It's a lot of jokes being cracked and we have a lot of fun.” FirstsDreamFunComfortableJokesFirst TimeDreams Come TrueCracked Author:Torae
“As I read Mann in German for the first time, the full achievement - both literary and philosophical - of Death in Venice struck me forcefully, so that, when I was invited to give the Schoff Lectures at Columbia, the opportunity to reflect on the contrasts between novella and opera seemed irresistible.” GivingFirstsOpportunityAchievementFirst TimePhilosophicalOperaContrastInvitedLecturesIrresistibleVeniceColumbiaDeath In Venice Author:Philip Kitcher
“But the first time I had to stand up and sing with them was when we did the pre-record for the movie and it was that moment where I sort of said to myself: "S**t, now I actually have to do this and I have to stand up and do my stars in your eyes moment!" Wake Up and Make Love With Me was the first song and I thought: "Here we are with Chaz and all the boys..."” FirstsSaidMomentsEyeSongStarsBoysRecordsFirst TimeWake UpThat MomentMaking Love Author:Andy Serkis
“When we recognise that reflective processes are no more outside the causal net than unreflective processes, and that they are bound by similar constraints, we may come to understand the nature of reflection for the first time.” FirstsMayProcessReflectionFirst TimeBoundsConstraintsRecognise Author:Hilary Kornblith
“By putting the first-person point of view in a naturalistic perspective, I believe that we may genuinely come to understand it for the first time.” FirstsBelieveMayPersonsI BelieveViewsPerspectiveFirst TimePoint Of ViewFirst Person Author:Hilary Kornblith
“Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At a certain point, a piece becomes idiosyncratic and you start to understand it on its own terms.” KnowsFirstsCertainTermPiecesListeningModelsFirst Time Author:Paul Lansky
“With repeated listenings, a piece eventually becomes its own being. I very often say to students that this is like meeting a person for the first time. When you first meet someone, you reference that person with others who are similar; but, as you get to know that person better, you begin to understand his unique qualities.” KnowsFirstsPersonsQualityPiecesStudentsListeningUniqueFirst TimeMeetings Author:Paul Lansky
“I came to what I think of as the critical problem: the aging process of a piece of music. I noticed in the '70s that pieces I wrote would sound great the first time I listened to them and then on repeated hearings they sounded older and older until what seemed exciting and vibrant on first listening became stale.” ThinkingFirstsProblemProcessSoundPiecesListeningFirst TimeExcitingAgingHearingCriticalStaleAging Process Author:Paul Lansky
“One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of albums. I got to meet him the first time I saw them in concert at The Bottleneck, a great bar in Lawrence, Kansas. Then, he was the musical guest my first or second week as a writer on SNL. I was like, "I don't know if you remember me?" And he was like, "Oh my god, yeah!" He's a big photography fan, as am I.” IfsKnowsFirstsBigsRememberSawsWeekFansCouplePhotographyMarriedFirst TimeYeahMusicalAlbumsBarsConcertsGuestsFoldsRemember MeKansasSnlBottlenecksOldest Friends Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I remember, the first time I saw a [Andrei] Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it. I didn't know what to do. I was fascinated, because suddenly I realized that film could have so many more layers to it than what I had imagined before. Then others, like Kurosawa and Fellini, were like a new discovery for me, another country.” KnowsFirstsCountryRememberFilmSawsDiscoveryFirst TimeI RealizedFascinatedLayersShockedNew DiscoveriesKurosawa Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I stood in the bay window at our house and I sang Away In A Manger. It was my first time on stage, but there was nobody watching. I just remember it was so natural and it was such a secret - like masturbating. I felt like I had to wait until everybody was gone. So I guess six years old would be my most important age, 'cause in that moment, I just knew what I wanted to do.” YearsFirstsImportantMomentsWould BeAgeWantedRememberHouseFeltCausesWaitingNaturalSecretGoneStageSixFirst TimeWindowThat MomentSix Year Olds Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I call myself good crazy because I am a crazy normal. But who is normal really? Are you normal? Maybe you are, but I don't think a lot of us are normal. I think a lot of us are scared to say that we are a little crazy. I'm a little crazy that is just the way it is. I look in the mirror now and I like who is looking back at me. I am comfortable in my skin for the first time in my life. I have let a wall down.” ThinkingWayFirstsLooksLittlesCrazyWallNormalComfortableFirst TimeSkinsMirrorsScaredLooking Back Author:Shane Bunting
“You can learn a lesson the first time, when it's presented in a package that is joyous - or at least palatable. But if you don't learn the lesson the first time, then there will be a second time and a third time. And each time it will just get harder and harder.” IfsFirstsLessonsFirst TimeThirdsHarderPackagesJoyousLearning LessonsThird Time Author:Marianne Williamson
“A good friend of mine told me you should take a break and you should go see the world. Go somewhere. That is when I chose to go to Egypt, and so I took this beautiful trip to Egypt. It was the first time ever in my whole life I took three weeks off, and I sailed down the Nile and I saw the tombs and the temples, and I experienced a place that was so magical and so incredibly powerful and intelligent and inspiring.” WorldShouldFirstsWholeBeautifulThreePowerfulBreakSawsWeekMinesFirst TimeIntelligentWhole LifeTemplesGood FriendEgyptTombsNile Author:Alicia Keys
“I'm not with anybody, I don't have time for dating. Not to get too personal, but it's weirdly harder to meet new people now. But for the first time in my life since I was a little kid, I'm not so concerned about it.” PeopleFirstsLittlesKidsFirst TimeConcernedDatingHarderLittle KidMeeting New People Author:Justin Vernon
“The fastest I ever did that was when Kill the Moonlight came out after Girls Can Tell, and I remember both labels I was working with at the time saying, "If this was any other period, I would probably say this is too fast, but because this is first time anybody has ever paid attention to Spoon, let's keep it on an upward trajectory."” IfsFirstsRememberGirlAttentionPeriodsFirst TimePaidLabelsMoonlightSpoonsTrajectory Author:John Britt Daniel
“If the Americans attack Iran for the first time in 1,400 years, we may unite Sunnis and Shias against us. So I guess there is room for accomplishment everywhere.” IfsYearsFirstsMayRoomsFirst TimeAccomplishmentIranShia Author:Michael Scheuer
“Iraq, for the first time, gives al Qaeda and its allies contiguous safe-haven territory to train and launch attacks into the Levant. First into Jordan and Syria, and then into Lebanon, and virtually and ultimately into Israel and probably Egypt too. It also gives them haven to eventually work their way toward Turkey and into the Arabian Peninsula.” WayGivingFirstsHavensSafeFirst TimeTrainIraqIsraelAlsTerritoryAlliesSyriaEgyptTurkeysJordanAl QaedaLebanonSafe HavenArabianPeninsulas Author:Michael Scheuer
“The second part of that war was that Muslims came from all over the country to Pakistan, and they met each other. For the first time those men had an awareness of the Islamic world as a whole, not of just Egypt or Algeria or Indonesia, but of what Muslims call the Uma, the Islamic community. And that's an extraordinarily important thing. And that emanated in Pakistan.” MenWorldFirstsImportantWarCountryWholeCommunityAwarenessMetsFirst TimeImportant ThingsIslamicEgyptPakistanIndonesiaAlgeria Author:Michael Scheuer
“It is a gift, and you realize as soon as you cross the border into Paraguay, as I did, the first time in '82, that you are in a sort of wonderland. Nothing is quite right: the buildings, they've got their own architecture, their own language; and everything is just a little bit off key.” FirstsLittlesLanguageBitsRealizingBuildingKeysLittle BitFirst TimeCrossesArchitectureBordersWonderlandParaguay Author:John Gimlette
“I find it so funny that for the first time in history, people have access to this great equalizer in the Internet, which grants everyone the same knowledge base, and we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos... not to put those two things in the same light!” PeopleFirstsTwoUseLightWatchesInternetFirst TimeAlbumsAccessVideoTwo ThingsGrantsReviewsKittenEqualizer Author:Alan Palomo
“All my brothers and sisters have stories about Dad like this. I remember, when my sister was about to beat him in checkers for the first time, he knocked the board over.” FirstsStoriesRememberBrotherDadBeatsFirst TimeBoardsMy BrotherMy SisterBrothers And SistersRemember WhenCheckers Author:Terry Gross
“I started to really believe in myself, and my abilities, when I won the World Under-10 championship in Doral, Florida. I was nine and saw for the first time that I was amongst the best players in the world for my age. This was a massive confidence-builder for me.” WorldFirstsBelieveAgeAbilitySawsPlayerFirst TimeNineMassiveChampionshipFloridaBuilderBest Players Author:Rory McIlroy
“I grew up in the 80s and that was the first time advertising was considered seriously as anything resembling an art form.” FirstsArtFormGrewGrew UpFirst TimeAdvertising80s Author:Stanley Donwood
“It never really interested me in the past but, for the first time, I wanted to make a pop record. I thought a good way of doing it would be to make songs that didn't really make sense to me as songs; songs that I couldn't just sit down and play in front of someone and then get them to play over it.” WayFirstsPlayWould BeWantedPastSongRecordsFrontsFirst TimeDown AndPopsMake SenseOver ItGood Way Author:Dan Bejar
“I knew about some experience on the operational part of the CIA with Latin American services and so forth having to do with torture. But this was the first time that the CIA was openly advocating for permission to be able to torture. And that seemed to me so abhorrent that I wanted to disassociate myself from the CIA for the first time since 1963, because I didn't want to be associated in any way, however remotely, with an agency engaged in torture.” WayWantFirstsAbleWantedFirst TimeEngagedTortureAgencyLatinPermissionCiaLatin AmericaAdvocatingLatin AmericanAbhorrent Author:Ray McGovern
“I had to come out on stage with my little staff and robe and I had this sun on top of my head that my mom made - that was the first time I was ever on stage singing in front of anybody. I realized that I was one of the best acts of the night but I didn't give singing much thought after that. I was really into playing baseball.” GivingFirstsLittlesMadeNightSunStageFrontsMomSingingFirst TimeBaseballMy MomI RealizedStaffRobesPlaying Baseball Author:Gonjasufi
“I didn't get into music until the early 90s when I heard rap music for the first time.” FirstsHeardFirst TimeRapRap Music Author:Gonjasufi
“I'm just really happy to be happy for the first time since I was about 20.” FirstsFirst TimeReally Happy Author:Gold Panda
“I think with President Obama there's going to be a discussion, because he himself is multiracial, because we have for the first time a non-white president. There's going to be talk about what does this mean? What is it? Are we in a new era?” ThinkingFirstsMeanDoePresidentWhiteFirst TimeErasDiscussionPresident ObamaMultiracialNew Era Author:Michael Emerson
“Scripture is vast, and people can pick and choose what they emphasize, and so for hundreds of years verses that said that you are to welcome the stranger, that with Christ there's neither Jew nor Greek, male nor female, we've broken down the dividing wall with the original church, where Christians were first called Christian was the church of Antioch in which for the first time you had Jews, Gentiles of all different ethnicities come together as one people. That's when they were called Christians.” PeopleYearsFirstsSaidDifferentChristianTogetherChristChurchBrokenWallPicksFirst TimeFemaleOriginalsMalesJewStrangerScriptureWelcomeGreekVersesEthnicityDividingBroken DownGentilesTogether As OneAntioch Author:Michael Emerson
“When I did "Top of the Pops" for the first time, Ace of Base was one of the other bands, and I have a memory of them on a small stage next to me in the TV studio. A memory of their performance is burned into my mind. Seared.” MindFirstsNextMemoriesStageTvsBandFirst TimePerformancesStudiosPopsBurnedAces Author:Beck