“From the very first time I talked to Safeco employees, I said the reality was expenses were too high and the reality is two-thirds of our expenses are people, so the reality is there will be effects on people.” PeopleFirstsSaidTwoRealityEffectsFirst TimeThirdsEmployeeExpenses Author:Mike McGavick
“I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.” PeopleFirstsTwoGoes OnFirst Time Author:Janet McTeer
“I liked working with Republicans. We had five pretty good years after we had that bad year in '95 that culminated in two government shutdowns. But then they really decided that they liked being in the majority for the first time in forty years, and they wanted to get some things done, and I agreed, to get things I wanted. It was all perfectly transparent. Everybody knew what they wanted and what I wanted.” YearsFirstsTwoDoneGovernmentWantedFiveRepublicanFirst TimeDecidedMajorityFortyTransparentThings DoneGood YearsGovernment ShutdownBad Years Author:William J. Clinton
“It doesn't matter to me. I'm just worried. It's the first time I've see Teach like that. He said he had two regrets...Once, 20 years ago. And once when you hurt your wrist. He said he didn't ever want to regret again. I wonder what that means.” WantYearsFirstsMeanSaidTwoMatterHurtWonderTeachRegretDramaFirst TimeYears AgoWorriedWrists Author:Kim Su-mi
“The two parties which divide the State, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made ... Now one, now the other gets the day, and still the fight renews itself as if for the first time, under new names and hot personalities ... Innovation is the salient energy; Conservatism the pause on the last movement.” IfsWorldFirstsMadeStillsTwoStatesLastsFightingNamesEnergyPartyMovementPersonalityFirst TimeInnovationHotPossessionDividesPausesConservatism Book:Nature, Addresses and Lectures Source: Nature, Addresses and Lectures
“The realization that American power could and should be used for the defense of pluralism and as a punishment for fascism came to me in Sarajevo a year or two later... That was an early quarrel between me and many of my Nation colleagues, and it was also the first time I found myself in the same trench as people like Paul Wolfowitz and Jeane Kirkpatrick: a shock I had to learn to get over. The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.” PeopleThinkingShouldYearsFirstsTwoRealUsedFoundNationsPartyFirst TimeDefensePunishmentRealizationOur TimeShockRejectsFascismColleaguesGet OverQuarrelsTrenchesPluralismRadicalismAmerican Power Author:Christopher Hitchens
“The success [of the X-Men], I think, is for two reasons. The first is that, creatively, the book was close to perfect ... but the other reason is that it was a book about being different in a culture where, for the first time in the West, being different wasn't just accepted, but was also fashionable. I don't think it's a coincidence that gay rights, black rights, the empowerment of women and political correctness all happened over those twenty years and a book about outsiders trying to be accepted was almost the poster-boy for this era in American culture.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsFirstsTwoBookDifferentReasonPoliticalCultureBlackPerfectBoysRightsHappenedGayFirst TimeEmpowermentTwentiesWestAcceptedErasOutsidersCoincidenceAmerican CultureFashionablePolitical CorrectnessBeing DifferentPostersGay RightsCorrectnessX Men Author:Mark Millar
“I realize that for many New Yorkers, this is the first time you've heard my name, and you don't know much about me. Over these next two years you will get to know me, but more importantly, I will get to know you.” KnowsYearsFirstsTwoNextNamesRealizingHeardFirst TimeTwo YearsKnow MeNew YorkersGet To Know Me Author:Kirsten Gillibrand
“Richard [Griffiths] was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career. In August 2000, before official production had even begun on Potter, we filmed a shot outside the Dursleys', which was my first ever shot as Harry. I was nervous and he made me feel at ease. Seven years later, we embarked on 'Equus' together. It was my first time doing a play but, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage and humor made it a joy. In fact, any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence.” FeelsYearsFirstsMadeTwoImportantPlayMomentsFactsTogetherJoySidesRoomsCareersShotsFirst TimeEncouragementSevenProductionsCleverNervousMade ItEaseOfficialsTerrifiedSeven YearsPottersAugustImportant MomentsTutelage Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“If I had to compare any of the two, I'd compare the first one in Edmonton, the first one here in New York because it had been so long in New York since we had won. Obviously, being the first time to ever win the cup in Edmonton, they were fairly similar in that regard.” IfsFirstsLongTwoWinningSportsNew YorkFirst TimeRegardCupsCompareEdmonton Author:Mark Messier
“With the counseling of my family doctor, my mother ended up turning to Weight Watchers and their children's program. I went to weekly meetings, got counseling and would exercise with my peers who were my size. It was the first time I saw a proper children's portion size, and it wasn't two burgers, it was one.” FirstsChildrenTwoMotherSawsExerciseFirst TimeProgramMy FamilyDoctorsWeightMeetingsSizePortionsPeersCounselingBurgersWatchersWeight WatchersPortion Sizes Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in 'Julius Caesar.'” YearsFirstsTwoShowsJobsActingWeekCollegeFirst TimePaidActressesFestivalsJuniorsTwo WeeksJuliusUtahSophomoreJunior YearSophomore YearCalpurnia Author:Katy Mixon
“There are only three things to say about cocaine. One, there is no such thing as enough. Two, it will never be as good as the first time. Three, those first two facts constitute a tragedy of expense in ways that can't be experienced unless you've had cocaine. ... Your brain will settle into a puddle around your sinuses and you will die.” WayFirstsTwoEnoughFactsDiesThreeBrainFirst TimeTragedySettlingExpensesThree ThingsCocainePuddlesSinuses Book:Eve's Hollywood Source: Eve's Hollywood
“Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.” TryingFirstsTwoPlayScienceLanguageIgnoranceFirst TimeEuropePhilosophicalPhilosopherTheatreDespiteFormerLatterMachineryVisitingTheatricalAstronomers Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“Seahawks beat Cardinals, 58-0. If Patriots beat Texans, 58-0, it will be first time in NFL history there were two 58-0 games in same week.” IfsFirstsTwoFunnyGamesComedyWeekBeatsFirst TimeNflPatriotCardinalsTexan Author:Norman Chad
“I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. I was so glad to do it again because I never thought I did it right the first time.” YearsFirstsTwoJoyNew YorkFirst TimeYears AgoGladTwo YearsHelenHarveyTwo Years Ago Author:James Stewart
“In some ways, the most rewarding thing I've done were the two times that I did the Oscars, particularly the first time because it was really like the ultimate "Let's put on a show," with every great movie star in the world available.” WorldWayFirstsTwoDoneShowsStarsFirst TimeUltimateAvailableOscarsMovie Star Author:Laura Ziskin
“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.” ThinkingFirstsSaidTwoMovingStepsNiceHeardGayFirst TimeLifetimeSpeedSenateBobGay MarriageNice ThingsPropsSteps ForwardWarp Author:Cherry Jones
“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.” FirstsTwoAgeSpiritualYoungMy OwnChildhoodCollegeBrotherMomFirst TimeOur ChildrenCatholicMy MomLife ChangingExposedYoung AgeTwo BrothersCatholic Family Author:Matt Cullen
“Honestly, the two main things that I always look for is, when I read the script for the first time, do I read it quickly? Because if I read it quick, that's an important telltale sign.” IfsFirstsLooksTwoImportantFirst TimeScriptsHonestly Author:Colin Hanks
“As a matter of fact my, my very first time singing when I was two and a half, three, was in church. So, ahm, church is very, very much a part of who I am.” FirstsTwoMatterFactsThreeChurchHalfSingingFirst TimeWho I AmMatter Of Fact Author:Teddy Pendergrass
“The Bible indicates that for three days, Jesus went into the very depths of hell. Right into the enemy's own territory. And He did battle with Satan face to face. Can you imagine what a show down that was? It was good vs. evil. Right vs. wrong. Holiness vs. filth. Here are the two most powerful forces in the universe have come together to do battle for the first time in history. But thank God. The Bible says, "Satan was no match for our Champion". This was no contest.” FirstsTwoShowsTogetherFacesUniverseThreeEvilJesusForcePowerfulEnemyHellImagineBattleFirst TimeDepthChampionSatanHolinessMost PowerfulTerritoryThank GodContestsFace To FaceFilthGood Vs Evil Author:Joel Osteen
“The first time I go out to Nashville, ever (at this point I had only heard the rumors about what it's like) I had three writing sessions set up. The first two canceled on me. I was kind of pissed off at that point. So I just went back to my hotel room and started writing. And even though I've been to L.A. and experienced a lot of things, at the end of the day I just start to feel like I'm playing acoustically at the first bar I ever played at.” FeelsWritingFirstsKindTwoEndsThreeRoomsHeardFirst TimeBarsThe End Of The DayHotelSessionRumorNashvilleHotel RoomsPissed Off Author:Curtis Grimes
“I think I live inside the plane! I never have time to unpack; I'm always leaving in two days again. I travel a lot, and at the beginning it was really fun. The first time I went inside a plane, I was 15 years old and I had so much fun. I like to travel all over the world and learn [about] new cultures. Not that many people have the opportunity to do that.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsFirstsTwoCultureOpportunityFunFirst TimeLeavingPlanesTwo DaysNew CulturesAlways Leaving Author:Adriana Lima
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“I'm drawn to a lot of first-time directors. One of the great common denominators in these small independent films is that there's a person, or two people, who have an absolutely monomaniacal passion to get these films made. That's what makes them happen. Sometimes, it takes years and years to finally get it done, but by never backing down, by never giving up, they get these films to the screen by hook or by crook.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsPersonsMadeTwoSometimesDoneHappensFilmPassionCommonDirectorsGiving UpFirst TimeIndependentScreensHookNever Giving UpIndependent FilmGet It DoneCommon DenominatorCrooksBacking Down Author:William H. Macy
“The first time I saw a review of one of my permaculture books was three years after I first started writing on it. The review started with, "Permaculture Two is a seditious book." And I said, "At last someone understands what permaculture's about."” WritingYearsFirstsSaidTwoBookLastsThreeSawsFirst TimeReviewsThree YearsPermaculture Author:Bill Mollison
“For the first time [with the Bible] - I know this sounds so corny - but I knew love. I had such an empty love tank. I had all the questions to life that didn't make sense. Two and two didn't add up to four. From my father's death - if you loved me, why did you leave me? Why did you kill yourself? And so when this happened, it took my life in a completely different direction.” IfsKnowsFirstsTwoDifferentFatherSoundFourHappenedFirst TimeEmptyAddMake SenseLeaving MeCornyTanksDifferent DirectionsKilling Yourself Author:Paula White
“So here I am, sending a two-ounce mouse down into a dungeon with a sewing needle to save a human princess, and I don't know how in the world he's going to do it. I have no idea. That was the first time it occurred to me that writing the story was roughly equivalent to Despereaux's descent into the dungeon. I was tremendously aware of that as I was writing. I thought, "I have to be brave or else I'm not going to be able to tell it." But it's the only way that I can write. If I know what's going to happen, I'm not interested in telling the story.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWritingFirstsHumansI CanTwoIdeasStoriesHappensAbleKnow HowFirst TimeBraveNo IdeaPrincessNot InterestedMiceBe BraveNeedlesHere I AmDescentDungeonsSewingDespereaux Author:Kate DiCamillo
“[The World Series] introduced me for the first time to a team with a lot of black players. Detroit had about three of them: I think it was Willie Horton, Gates Brown, and Earl Wilson - might have been one or two more in '68.” ThinkingWorldFirstsHas BeensTwoMightThreeBlackPlayerTeamFirst TimeSeriesBrownGatesMight Have BeenDetroitWilsonWorld Series Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.” PeopleYearsFirstsLooksLittlesTwoShowsYoungGirlBoysSeeingBabyFirst TimeEnjoyedTwo YearsCowboyBoy And GirlAnnie Author:Bernadette Peters
“This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what he saw. But what was of more value, he felt and suffered with her. In years that were yet to come, he relived this memory in song, in the most beautiful song this world has known. For the understanding of the soul's defencelessness, of the conflict between the two poles, is not the source of the greatest song. The source of the greatest song is sympathy.” WorldYearsFirstsHumansTwoSoulBeautifulValuesSongFeltUnderstandingMemoriesKnownSawsThis WorldSourceConflictFirst TimeHuman SoulLabyrinthGreatest Song Author:Halldór Laxness
“Every time the phone rang, my heart jumped. Was it Alexander? And when it wasn't him my heart would break into a million pieces. It had been two longs days since I had seen my Gothic mate. I was so preoccupied with Alexander, dreaming of the next time we'd be together, nothing else mattered. I didn't wash the spot where his tender love lips had pressed against my flesh. I was acting like I was straight out of a Gidget movie! What had happened to me? I was losing my edge! For the first time in my life I was really afraid. Afraid of never seeing him again and afraid of being rejected.” FirstsHeartTwoDreamTogetherNextActingBreakMillionsPiecesSeeingHappenedMy HeartLosingFirst TimeLipsPhonesEdgesFleshSpotsMatesRejectedNext TimeGothicTender Love Author:Ellen Schreiber
“The column hung above the middle of the pentacle, bubbling ever upward against the ceiling like the cloud of an erupting volcanoe. There was a barely perceptible pause. Then two yellow staring eyes materialized in the heart of the smoke. Hey, it was his first time. I wanted to scare him. And it did, too.” FirstsHeartTwoEyeWantedMiddleFirst TimeCloudsHeySmokeStaringScareYellowHungPausesCeilingsColumns Author:Jonathan Stroud
“I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life...her voice slid in and curved down trough and over the words. She was nearly singing.” LifeFirstsTwoFoundVoiceCitiesNovelHeardPagesSingingStandardsFirst TimeTalesTroughTale Of Two CitiesI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Author:Maya Angelou
“Last night I thought about all the kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I'd never even thought that thought before...It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and life, and then I come along in two minutes and boom! it's all over.” ThinkingMenWorldYearsFirstsLongTwoBookLastsPastUsedNightBehindsMinutesTenPaperLong TimeFirst TimeLifetimeI RealizedLast NightWorld And Life Book:Fahrenheit 451 Source: Fahrenheit 451
“I had fun. That’s what I believe in. Fun, flings, the sizzle. It starts as a shiver, when you see a man for the first time. And then he meets your eye and the shiver runs down your back and becomes a sizzle in your stomach and you think 'I want to dance with that man.' You dance, you have a cocktail or two, you flirt.” ThinkingMenWantFirstsBelieveTwoEyeRunningFunI BelieveFirst TimeI Believe InStomachFlirtingCocktailsFlingShiverHad FunI Had Fun Author:Sophie Kinsella
“Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: the fights are bare knuckle. No shirt, no shoes, no weapons. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.” IfsFirstsLongTwoGuyFightingGoes OnWeaponsFirst TimeThirdsFinalsShoesClubsWelcomeShirtsFourthFifthKnucklesFellasTwo Guys Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. You can look at a painting for the first time, for example, and not like it at all, but after looking at it a little longer you may find it very pleasing. The first time you try Gorgonzola cheese you may find it too strong, but when you are older you may want to eat nothing but Gorgonzola cheese. Klaus, when Sunny was born, did not like her at all, but by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were thick as thieves. Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time.” IfsKnowsWantTryingFirstsLooksMayLittlesTwoStrongBornOpinionWeekExamplePaintingSixFirst TimeImpressionThickThievesCheeseInitialsSunnyLike HerFirst ImpressionChanges Over Time Author:Daniel Handler
“She realized for the first time that two people can never reach each others deepest feelings and instincts, that they spend their lives side by side, linked it may be, but not mingled, and that each one's inmost being must go through life eternally alone.” PeopleFirstsMayTwoFeelingsSidesFirst TimeInstinctLinkedDeepest Feelings Author:Guy de Maupassant
“I remember the first time I saw you. Your hair was in two braids instead of one. And I remember when you... you sang in the music assembly and the teacher said... "Who knows The Valley Song?" and your hand shot straight up. After that, I... I watched you going home every day...” KnowsFirstsSaidTwoHomeHandsRememberSongSawsTeacherHairShotsFirst TimeEverydayValleysRemember WhenAssemblyPeetaGoing HomeStraight UpBraidsFirst Time I Saw You Author:Suzanne Collins
“Hazel screamed at the top of her lungs, but it was a scream of delight. For the first time in her life-in her two lives-she felt absolutely unstoppable.” FirstsTwoFeltFirst TimeDelightScreamLungsUnstoppableTwo Lives Author:Rick Riordan
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. Through the unknown, remembered gate When the last of earth left to discover Is that which was the beginning; At the source of the longest river The voice of the hidden waterfall And the children in the apple-tree Not known, because not looked for But heard, half-heard, in the stillness Between two waves of the sea.” KnowsFirstsChildrenTwoEndsEarthLastsLeftVoiceHalfKnownHeardTreeSeaSourceFirst TimeRiversWaveCeaseRememberedApplesGatesExplorationStillnessExploringWaterfallsQuartetsApple Trees Author:T. S. Eliot