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“At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.”

Firsts Like You Dislike Like And Dislike

Source: Killosophy

“Let us be satisfied simply with what sustains our present life, not with what pampers it. Let us pray to God for this, as we have been taught, so that we may keep our souls unenslaved and absolutely free from domination by any of the visible things loved for the sake of the body. Let us show that we eat for the sake of living, and not be guilty of living for the sake of eating. The first is a sign of intelligence, the second proof of its absence.”

Firsts May Has Beens Soul Shows Body Christian Taught Praying Eating Sake Proof Absence Satisfied Guilty Visible Orthodox Domination Praying To God Present Life

Author:Maximus the Confessor

“... for our sake loosing within Himself the bonds of bodily birth, He granted us through spiritual birth, according to our own volition, power to become children of God instead of children of flesh and blood if we have faith in His Name (cf. Jn. 1:12-13). For the Savior the sequence was, first of all, incarnation and bodily birth for my sake; and so thereupon the birth in the Spirit through baptism, originally spurned by Adam, for the sake of my salvation and restoration by grace, or, to describe it even more vividly, my very remaking.”

“He who devoutly strives to attain wisdom and is on his guard against the invisible powers, should pray that both natural discrimination - whose light is but limited - and the illuminating grace of the Spirit abide in him. The first by means of practice trains the flesh in virtue, the second illuminates the intellect so that it chooses above all else companionship with wisdom; and through wisdom it destroys the strongholds of evil and pulls down 'all the self-esteem that exalts itself against the knowledge of God' (II Cor. 10:5).”

“I'd like to do something a little different. Something a little less intense. I'm not sure what it's going to be yet. For the first time in my life, it's great to have choices, but I think I have to be very careful in choosing the right next project.”

Thinking Firsts Littles Different Choices Next Projects First Time Careful Intense Not Sure

Author:Kristanna Loken

“Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.”

Firsts School Law Black President Ability Built Reputation Bridges Division Reviews Harvard Ideological Law School Public Image Harvard Law School

Author:Mara Liasson

“I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!”

Years Firsts Book Government New York Office New York Times Printing Bragging

Author:Matthew Lesko

“I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.”

Firsts Persons Kids School Class High School Yale Larks

Author:Maya Lin

“Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.”

Firsts Two Albums

Author:Miranda Lambert

“The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying "Destiny." For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.”

Firsts Reason Character Destiny Seeing Training First Time Machines Athlete Chinese Village Visa Olympic Athlete Atm Atm Machines

Author:Nastia Liukin

“Being on 'Glee' was amazing. I remember my first day on set, my first day I arrived to the set I was in my trailer and all of the actors came and banged on my door - Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera. They all welcomed me with open arms, so it was a great experience. It felt like family, and I miss them a lot over there.”

Firsts Remember Actors Felt Doors Missing Arms Trailers Amber Glee Great Experiences Open Arms Like Family

Author:NeNe Leakes

“When my dad was badly weakened by the flu and my mom wanted to call an ambulance to take him to the emergency room, he wouldn't go unless he could shave first and change into a nice shirt and a pair of slacks.”

Firsts Wanted Rooms Nice Mom Dad My Dad My Mom Shirts Pairs Emergencies Flu Ambulance Emergency Room

Author:Rich Lowry

“I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military.”

Firsts Important Process Interesting Study Military Reform Exposed

Author:Robert Jay Lifton

“People may know me from films, but theater is my first love. I did about 35 plays before I even landed my first screen role. I'm very comfortable on stage, and theater is not something you can just wing.”

People Knows Firsts May Play Film Roles Stage Comfortable Theater Wings Screens Know Me First Love

Author:Sanaa Lathan

“I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.”

Firsts I Can My Own Careers First Time Labels

Author:Shelby Lynne

“You just don't get funding to go out and find God. Even if you did, you'd have to first define what you mean by 'God.”

Ifs Firsts Mean Funding

Author:Stephen LaBerge

“The first record I bought with my own money was Rio.”

Firsts My Own Records Rio

Author:Thomas Lennon

“I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.”

Writing Firsts Persons Character First Person

Author:Wally Lamb

“I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laugh than make one person cry.”

People Firsts Persons Said Acting Class Laughing Saws Teacher Cry I Realized Quitting Comedian They Said Acting Classes Stand Up Comedian

Author:Wendy Liebman

“There is a subset of Democrats who tend to mis-fill out ballots. The way you mark the ballot is like an S.A.T. - you fill in the circle. And the subset of people who tend to, like, put a check there instead, or an X, or fill it out wrong, tend to be people who didn't take S.A.T.s, or first-time voters, or people with English as a second language.”

People Way Firsts Language First Time Mark Democrat Circles Checks Voters Ballots

Author:Al Franken

“When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't exist, and we didn't need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.”

Needs Writing Firsts Shows Worry Television Tvs Internet Online Tv Shows Seventies Eighty Website Blockbuster

Author:Al Franken

“When I first moved to L.A., I didn't have a lot of money to join a gym or take classes, so I improvised. My sister and I went to the library and looked over their DVD collection and discovered Neena and Veena, these Egyptian twins who have a whole series of belly dancing routines. We did them all.”

Firsts Whole Class Moved Dancing Series Library Collections Gym My Sister Lots Of Money Twins Belly Dvds Egyptian

Author:AnnaLynne McCord

“Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.”

Years Firsts Said Enough Guy Three Comedy Week Feet Shots Yeah Making Money Ran Gates Three Years Had Enough Misled

Author:Al Franken

“You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln was really funny. But I think you should get elected first, and then show that you're funny.”

Thinking Knows Should Firsts Shows

Author:Al Franken

“My first book, 'The Age of Wire and String,' came out in 1995, and it was hardly reviewed at all.”

Firsts Book Age Strings Wire

Author:Ben Marcus

“On my first date, my boyfriend asked me if I wanted to eat a la carte, and I said that I would prefer to stay inside!”

Ifs Firsts Said Wanted My Boyfriend First Date

Author:Cristin Milioti

“Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.”

Firsts Bigs Poverty Technology Economy Crime Changed Stronger Independence Impact Dollars Jamaica Big Impact

Author:Damian Marley

“I tend to write first drafts that are incredibly cognitive, very rational, very boring. They come off as justification. Like, 'This is my idea and here's all the reasons that it's right.' It doesn't make for very compelling reading.”

Writing Firsts Ideas Reason Reading Boring Rational Justification Compelling Cognitive

Author:Donald Miller

“I guess the big thing is that I don't buy anything first-hand. It's a personal policy I have for all sorts of reasons. If you research to the textile industry yourself, you'll know why. I came to it personally.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Reason Hands Bigs Policy Industry Research Big Things Textiles

Author:Ezra Miller

“The Wizard of Oz' is my favorite movie. It was the first movie I can ever remember watching.”

Firsts I Can Remember My Favorite Wizards

Author:Ezra Miller

“I was always interested in myths growing up. So, first I got into some Roman myths, then I was interested in Norse, then Celtic, then I started spreading to all the other mythologies.”

Firsts Growing Up Growing Myth Mythology Celtic Norse

Author:Grant Morrison

“Once I started the first school, I realized this is what my life is meant to be, is to promote education and help kids go to school and that's very clear.”

Firsts Helping Kids School Life Is Clear I Realized Meant To Be

Author:Greg Mortenson

“I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.”

Firsts Two Remember Details Sketchy

Author:Ian McShane

“Regret is pointless. I never do anything without first deciding to do it based on facts and feelings, and if it doesn't work out how I hoped, oh well, there's another notch on my experience belt.”

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Author:Isaac Marion

“I was under the assumption that the first job you get out of college is the job you have for the rest of your life. That's how my parents were; my parents have been teachers for as long as I've known 'em. I was worried that I'd gotten into something that I was going to hate.”

Firsts Long Has Beens Jobs Hate Parent Known Teacher College Worried Assumption Ems Rest Of Your Life

Author:Jack McBrayer

“When I was working at Teleflora, I got booked to do 'Talladega Nights,' so I went and did that. That was really my first big break ev-er. I made as much from my per diem during the three-month shoot as I did for the entire previous year.”

Years Firsts Made Bigs Night Three Break Months Three Months Previous Years

Author:Jack McBrayer

“What any manager will try to bring to a company first and foremost is an energy and commitment to the business. To try and really roll your sleeves up.”

Trying Firsts Energy Company Commitment Managers Sleeves

Author:James Murdoch

“Acting was my first love.”

Firsts Acting First Love

Author:Joe Manganiello

“First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her world quite intimately. So it suits a story focused on one character's personal journey. However, first person shuts out insights into other characters.”

World Firsts Persons Character Stories Journey Share Reader Deeper Insight Focused Suits First Person Protagonists Personal Journey

Author:Juliet Marillier

“My wife is the host of Big Brother. Her name is Julie Chen, and she'll say, "Da da da,* but first* we do this." So they mashed together her saying "but first" a couple dozen times. Literally. In different outfits. And when you cut it together like that, it appears very robotlike. They called her the Chenbot.”

Firsts Different Bigs Together Names Cutting Wife Brother Couple My Wife Host Dozen Outfits

Author:Leslie Moonves

“I was one of the first to read the 'ER' script and the good news is George Clooney still gives me credit for helping to launch his career. I had George Clooney under contract for four years in a row before 'ER' happened. He's one of the few who remembers the people who helped him.”

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Author:Leslie Moonves

“'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'”

Firsts Kids Wanted Fiction All Time Ministers Prime Prime Minister Abel

Author:Louise Mensch

“From the first time I held an iPhone, the space has evolved quickly, and people have shifted from reading content on their desktops to smartphones and iPads, even long-form stuff.”

People Firsts Long Form Reading Stuff Space First Time Iphone Ipads Smartphones Desktop

Author:Matt Mullenweg

“I like to read first thing in the morning. I'm addicted to the Kindle. I read a lot of business books, because I feel like I should figure out how to be a real businessman before someone figures out that I'm not one. I really enjoy reading classics as well, which I try to work in once every two months.”

Feels Should Trying Firsts Wells Two Book Real Reading Enjoy Morning Figures Months Businessman Kindles Two Months

Author:Matt Mullenweg

“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.”

People Firsts Said Two Reality Effects First Time Thirds Employee Expenses

Author:Mike McGavick

“I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to.”

Want Firsts Wanted Values Leader Military Structure Looking Good Arbitrary Gang Babe

Author:Peter Mullan

“The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.”

Years Firsts Done Reality Today Jobs Factories Jimmy Cleaners Jimmy Choo

Author:Tamara Mellon

“Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.”

Ifs Life Firsts Time First Time Second Chance Mans Search For Meaning

Author:Viktor E. Frankl

“It is common to distinguish necessaries, comforts, and luxuries; the first class including all things required to meet wants which must be satisfied, while the latter consist of things that meet wants of a less urgent character.”

Want Firsts Character Common Class Comfort All Things Including Satisfied Luxury Latter Urgent First Class

Book:Principles of Economics

Source: Principles of Economics

“I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.”

Ifs Firsts Two Actors Scene Okay Treats Cameras Rehearsal

Author:Alfred Molina

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