“I get nostalgic for things that didn't really exist. I might have a cassette from the first time a Melle Mel track, say, got played on radio in Manchester. And it might be a copy of a copy of a copy of a tape and there's all these weird nuances and distortions that have affected what I know as the truth, if you like, of that track.” IfsKnowsFirstsMightFirst TimeTrackRadioCopiesAffectedTapeDistortionNostalgicManchesterNuanceCassettes Author:Rob Brown
“I think it [my first heartbreak] probably just taught me that you will always heal. That this too shall pass. The first time you feel that sort of pain, you think it's never going to go away. Once you do survive it, you realize you can survive anything.” ThinkingFeelsFirstsPainRealizingTaughtFirst TimeHealGoing AwayThis Too Shall Pass Author:Zoe Kravitz
“At the age of 50, I did "Celebrity Fit Club" and I had to get on a scale and be weighed in front of everyone. I felt like I was naked and for the first time, there was nowhere to hide. I felt like I could finally be myself. It was really cathartic, and I realized I could share my mistakes. I could tell my story and not be ashamed, and show others with these same problems that they aren't alone.” FirstsStoriesShowsProblemAgeFeltMistakeShareFrontsFitFirst TimeClubsI RealizedScalesNakedAshamedMy MistakesCathartic Author:Maureen McCormick
“I think that you're very aware that you're shooting a 3D film for a movie that's beloved to the fan community, and that it's going to be on people's radar, and that you have to be excellent. I think it evolved over time how epic it has become. The first time we went to Comic-Con after we finished shooting I went, "oh my goodness, oh my goodness!"” PeopleThinkingFirstsFilmCommunityFansGoodnessFirst TimeFinishedComicShootingExcellentBelovedEpicRadarComic Con Author:Christine Bieselin Clark
“The first time we ever lit up a suit was on Garrett. He was the first finished costume that we had, the "Sam" character. And it brought tears to my eyes, because you're working so hard to make something happen and you're just in there, and you're delirious with sleep deprivation. To see it work, to see his reaction, made it all worthwhile.” FirstsMadeHardCharacterHappensEyeSleepTearsFirst TimeFinishedThings HappenReactionsSuitsMade ItWorthwhileCostumesLitDeprivationDeliriousWorking So HardSleep Deprivation Author:Christine Bieselin Clark
“In fact, the first time I ever got naked on TV was the biggest confidence booster of my life.” FirstsFactsTvsFirst TimeNaked Author:Lizzy Caplan
“Make sure your bathroom is clean. If you're having a girl over the house for the first time, make sure your toilet is clean, not disgusting. Guys' bathrooms are always the most disgusting thing.” IfsFirstsGuyGirlHouseFirst TimeCleanDisgustingBathroomToilets Author:Carly Aquilino
“It was the first time I worked with Matthew McConaughey [in the True Detective].They're fun guys [with Woody Harrelson]. They don't take life at all too seriously, but yet they take their work very seriously. And both of them are just so committed to character and the story.” FirstsCharacterStoriesGuyFunFirst TimeCommittedDetectivesWoodyMatthew Author:Michelle Monaghan
“Most of the people who come into slavery today, the people who enter into slavery for the first time in the present moment, are not captured, they're not knocked over the head, it doesn't follow the old sorts of mechanisms.” PeopleFirstsMomentsTodayFirst TimeSlaveryPresent MomentMechanismCapturedSlavery Today Author:Kevin Bales
“I think the first time I was on The David Letterman Show, he didn't quite know what to expect. I think people generally are just a little afraid.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFirstsLittlesShowsFirst TimeLetterman Author:Paul Reubens
“The first time I met Prince he invented me to his birthday party in Minneapolis. It was a costume party and I came as a beatnik - a beret and a charcoal goatee. He was dressed like an executioner. I talked to him for awhile and he didn't know who I was, and when I told him he was real surprised.” KnowsFirstsRealPartyMetsFirst TimeCostumesBirthday PartyExecutionersCharcoalBeatnikMinneapolis Author:Paul Reubens
“I think a lot more people are able to take on a design challenge than ever before. And this was true 20 years ago when the desktop publishing revolution came about that allowed people with Macintosh's at home to produce professional-looking newsletters or publications for the first time. So, there's a long march toward more democratization for design.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsLongHomeAbleChallengesDesignProduceRevolutionFirst TimeYears AgoMarchPublishingPublicationDemocratizationMacintoshDesktopNewslettersDesktop Publishing Author:Khoi Vinh
“I think if Jesus came for the first time, and he was 33 1/2 years old and hung out with these guys, where would he be? They'd probably be at a coffee bar getting a latte or something.” IfsThinkingYearsFirstsGuyJesusFirst TimeCoffeeBarsHungLattes Author:Michael W. Smith
“Well, it has to do with very deep things, because it might be that imagining yourself as a girl is a diminishment. But it is something that when I made "The Devil Wears Prada" it was the first time in my life, 30 years of making movies, that a man came up and said I know how you felt. I know how you felt. I have a job like that. People understand.” PeopleKnowsMenYearsFirstsWellsMadeSaidMightJobsGirlFeltKnow HowDevilFirst TimeVery DeepPradaDeep ThingsImagining YourselfDevil Wears Prada Author:Meryl Streep
“And it took to "The Devil Wears Prada" to play someone tough, who had to make hard decisions, who was running an organization, and sometimes that takes making tough decisions for a certain kind of man to empathize. That's the word - empathize. Feel the story through her. And that's the first time anybody has ever said that they felt that way.” MenWayFeelsFirstsKindSaidSometimesHardPlayStoriesRunningCertainFeltDecisionDevilToughFirst TimeOrganizationTough DecisionsHard DecisionPradaMaking Tough DecisionsDevil Wears Prada Author:Meryl Streep
“People think "The Office" was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in the early days of "The Office," we went in with it sort of 80 percent scripted and we did some things and then we improv'd and we did - you know, and it gets a laugh on the floor because it's the first time they've heard it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFirstsFoundLaughingHeardOfficePagesPercentFirst TimeDid You Know Author:Ricky Gervais
“Our challenge with "The Office" and "Extras" was to get it completely scripted but to find a cast that could make it look like they were saying it for the first time.” FirstsLooksChallengesOfficeFirst TimeCastsExtras Author:Ricky Gervais
“When someone new comes on and has their first nude scene - and even if it's not full nudity - it's always a weird, awkward setup. We have these famous merkins which are sort of toupees for your delicate areas to make it look like you're naked but cover you up a little bit. But we joke around a little bit with the newbies who are trying that stuff on for the first time.” IfsTryingFirstsLooksLittlesStuffBitsLike YouSceneLittle BitJokesFirst TimeAreasNakedOver YouDelicateAwkwardNuditySetups Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“The first time I learned I could sell myself was when I convinced a wealthy American family to give me a job as a nanny. Childcare. Totally unqualified. But I learned to be ready for anything. And that I can adapt. That I can become the best diaper changer.” GivingFirstsI CanJobsReadyFirst TimeGive MeSellsConvincedWealthyDiapersNanniesAmerican FamilyUnqualifiedChildcare Author:Scott Raab
“It is always exciting to open the door and go out into the garden for the first time on any day.” FirstsDoorsEssentialsFirst TimeGardenExcitingGardening Author:Marion Dudley Cran
“What I was going for in the first two albums I didn't necessarily achieve. Because I was young and because it was my first time out. And the second album was such a 'quickie' sort of 'Let's just get it over with!' But the kind of music I make, there's a lot of subtlety in it. And I think it takes a couple of listens to actually really get it.” ThinkingFirstsKindTwoYoungAchieveCoupleFirst TimeAlbumsSubtlety Author:Norah Jones
“Kelly reported, 'more video has surfaced showing this was not the first time Mr. Gruber called the American people stupid in an '€˜off-the-cuff'€™ remark. In this next clip from also last year, Mr. Gruber explains how Democrats played with the language of the Obamacare law so that it achieved their goals, by again, fooling the stupid public.'” PeopleYearsFirstsLastsLawNextLanguageGoalStupidFirst TimeDemocratVideoLast YearRemarksNotableObamacareClipCuffs Author:Alexander Viets Griswold
“I think human beings are almost, by definition, religious people,in the sense that we ask questions of meaning, we anticipate future events, we deal with the issues of mortality from the first time we see a dead bird as a little child.” PeopleThinkingFirstsHumansChildrenLittlesAsksReligiousHuman BeingsDealsIssuesEventsBirdFirst TimeDefinitionsMortalityAnticipateFuture Events Author:John Shelby Spong
“The Protestant reformation was an attempt to recast the Christian faith in terms of the new learning of the 16th century, the enlightenment learning. It was the first time that the Christian church did not have the capacity to keep itself unified as it recast itself, so it split into Protestant and Catholic traditions.” FirstsChristianTermChurchCenturyEnlightenmentFirst TimeCapacityTraditionCatholicSplitsReformationProtestantsChristian FaithUnifiedChristian ChurchProtestant Reformation Author:John Shelby Spong
“As a kid growing up, the most simple things would make me so, so excited. I remember the first time my dad got a let-out couch; you could sleep in it like a bed and my sister and I just thought that was so magical.” FirstsKidsRememberSleepSimpleGrowing UpGrowingDadBedFirst TimeMy DadExcitedMy SisterCouchesSimple ThingsKids Growing Up Author:Keke Palmer
“I remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full of props and wigs and things, and I went, 'Oh, my God, that guy is so prepared, I have nothing, I have no props.' And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, 'Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn't need props.' And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator.” NeedsFirstsSaidRememberGuyNextMetsFirst TimePreparedAuditionsThat GuyPropsElevatorsWigsFirst Time We Met Author:Bill Hader
“There are scarcities in drinking water when you pollute the groundwater with nitrates. There is a scarcity in diversity when you create huge cornfields with the same strain of corn so that when one disease strikes - which happened in the United States in the 70s - all the cornfields in the country are wiped out. That was the first time the U.S. realized the value of diversity in agriculture and began to discuss genetic resources and their conservation.” FirstsCountryStatesValuesWaterUnitedUnited StatesHappenedHugeDiseaseDiversityResourcesFirst TimeDrinkingStrikesAgricultureConservationStrainCornScarcityDrinking WaterGroundwater Author:Vandana Shiva
“Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone. The first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee.” FirstsNationsPartyMajorsFirst TimeThanksMilestone Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think since I did Monster I really started understanding how hard it is for first time directors. I think there's a lot of great stories out there, but it's high risk.” ThinkingFirstsHardStoriesUnderstandingRiskDirectorsFirst TimeMonstersHigh Risk Author:Charlize Theron
“I think it was important for me to introduce myself as an artist for the first time because I'm very proud of my past, it's all a part of my story, but this is who I am now. This was a really important thing to have an hour special that lets them in and kind of meet me for the first time, truthfully.” ThinkingFirstsKindImportantStoriesPastArtistHoursSpecialProudFirst TimeImportant ThingsWho I AmIntroducingMy Past Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“You know, I`ve had so many conversations over the last several months with people who have come up to me and said that they`re going to go vote for the first time because they want to vote against Donald Trump because he`s scaring them.” PeopleKnowsWantFirstsSaidLastsMonthsTrumpConversationFirst TimeVoteCome Up Author:Joaquin Castro
“I guess the first time I played around Washington, D.C. was at a place called The Famous. That was the first place I played, I believe.” FirstsBelieveI BelieveFirst Time Author:Ralph Stanley
“That's the first time I've been involved in such a big way as a voice actor and this script [Voltron] is very matter of factly.” WayFirstsMatterBigsActorsVoiceInvolvedFirst TimeScriptsMatter Of Fact Author:Rhys Darby
“The first time I went to Mexico, it was really difficult. Number one is the language, I didn't know any Spanish language. Of course, the culture itself. Very different from where I grew up.” KnowsFirstsDifferentCultureCoursesLanguageDifficultNumbersGrewGrew UpFirst TimeMexicoSpanish Language Author:Tomoki Kameda
“I don't know whether we'll have another Michael Jackson or Elvis, because the world's too quick to level the playing field in that regard. For example, if Michael Jackson did the moonwalk for the first time now, and it debuted on Twitter, the third comment would probably be: "He's just walking backwards."” IfsKnowsWorldFirstsLevelsExampleFieldsWalkingFirst TimeThirdsRegardCommentBackwardsPlaying FieldsWalking Backwards Author:Matthew Healy
“India went through a dramatic revolution after the '90s when our economy started opening up for the first time and Indians were now experiencing the Western life, if you will. Drugs and sex and a lot of those influences came in as the economy stabilized, and we were growing up and experiencing that. The Indian writing market was very small at that time. Our literature was very attuned to what Western audiences were interested in, so everybody was writing about the slums in India and magic realism or stories about Hindus and Muslims and partition.” IfsWritingFirstsStoriesLiteratureSexAudienceEconomyGrowing UpGrowingMagicInfluenceRevolutionDrugFirst TimeIndiaWesternOpeningIndianDramaticRealismOpening UpSlumsPartitionMagic Realism Author:Karan Bajaj
“When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.” PeopleFeelsFirstsTwoWholeSexMusicAudienceFirst TimeChillBeing In LoveTouch Someone Author:Janis Joplin
“Being in a foreign place, preferably for the first time, having seen many things and collected new impressions, and returning to an empty hotel room with an hour or so to blow. That mix often yields fine results.” FirstsHoursRoomsResultsFineFirst TimeEmptyBlowImpressionHotelYieldHotel RoomsForeign Places Author:Stefan Sagmeister
“I remember feeling for the first time going somewhere where I was part of a community where I didn't feel like an outcast. I felt like I belonged. Everyone had a guitar strapped to their back.” FeelsFirstsFeelingsRememberFeltCommunityFirst TimeGuitarOutcast Author:John Petrucci
“When we first started and started hitting new places for the first time, you kinda didn't know, because we were new. Sometimes we played tiny little clubs and sometimes we'd play a larger place.” KnowsFirstsLittlesSometimesPlayFirst TimeClubsTinyHittingNew Places Author:John Petrucci
“Songs come alive every night and can be a new experience for someone. You might have someone in the audience who has never seen us before and hearing it for the first time. We are aware of that.” FirstsMightNightSongAudienceAliveFirst TimeHearingEvery NightNew Experiences Author:John Petrucci
“I first met Nelson Mandela when I was in my late 20s, in 1993. I was helping facilitate an African National Congress (ANC) workshop to plan its media strategy. I went down to meet him for the first time and you know me I got stupid... I just choked. I said, "Hello Madiba, it's a real honour to meet you," and I couldn't get another word out.” KnowsFirstsSaidRealHelpingPlansMediaStupidMetsLateFirst TimeStrategyCongressHonourKnow MeHelloWorkshopsNelsonFacilitateMadiba Author:Kumi Naidoo
“I can still remember the day, as an assistant U.S. attorney, when I stood up in court for the first time and I proudly said, "My name is Samuel Alito and I represent the United States in this court." It was a great honor for me to have the United States as my client during all of those years.” YearsFirstsSaidStillsI CanStatesRememberNamesUnitedUnited StatesHonorFirst TimeCourtClientsAttorneyAssistantsStood Up Author:Samuel Alito
“This is a woman [Hillary Clinton] who for many of her 52 years never cared a fig about her appearance, but in the chrysalis of transformation from political wife to independent woman, the jawline has been chiseled, the dominatrix eyebrows weeded, the weight dropped, and the result is a woman who obviously enjoys for the first time being called beautiful.” YearsFirstsHas BeensBeautifulPoliticalEnjoyResultsWifeFirst TimeWeightTransformationIndependentClintonAppearanceEyebrowsIndependent WomenFigsChrysalisJawline Author:Gail Sheehy
“The first time I spoke to a group this large was at my college commencement in 1969.” FirstsGroupsCollegeFirst TimeSpokesCommencement Author:Hillary Clinton
“She [Hillary Clinton] says I know that this is the first time that one of our two major parties has ever nominated a woman, and that takes some getting used to even for me. And I think that she has to somehow figure out a way to talk about it. She doesn't like being a symbol, but in many ways, that's what tonight is about.” ThinkingKnowsWayFirstsTwoUsedPartyFiguresMajorsFirst TimeClintonSymbolsTonight Author:Tamara Keith
“The first time I took a Kundalini yoga class, I cried my eyes out afterwards. I was so moved by the meditation and singing "Long Time Sun" at the end of class. I felt like I was home.” FirstsLongEndsHomeEyeFeltClassSunMeditationLong TimeSingingYogaFirst TimeMovedCried Author:Zoe McLellan
“I was a first time bride at 44. I had never even lived with anybody. And after running my own business for many years, I knew how to be the boss - but I had no idea how to be a good partner.” YearsFirstsIdeasRunningMy OwnFirst TimePartnersNo IdeaBossBridesOwn Business Author:Arielle Ford
“When people say that kids change your life, it's no small feat what they do. I've stressed about competition my whole life, but the minute I held my son Blaise in my arms for the first time, those stresses diminished.” PeopleFirstsWholeKidsMinutesSonArmsFirst TimeStressCompetitionWhole LifeMy SonChanging Your LifeStressedFeats Author:Amanda Beard
“I took a shot of morphine, liked it, and eventually became addicted. It takes quite a while. It took me three months the first time. This nonsense of people becoming addicted with one shot is medically unsound.” PeopleFirstsThreeMonthsBecomingShotsFirst TimeNonsenseThree MonthsMorphine Author:William S. Burroughs