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“During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.”

Firsts Christian Jesus Century Birth Setting Settings Celebrate Holiday Easter Bethlehem Jesus Birth

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities - in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge? The church.”

Firsts Age Church Christianity Middle Intellectual West University Paris Empires Middle Ages Roman Empire Oxford Cambridge Roman Civilization Cambridge University

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you're doing something.”

World Firsts Kind Found Activity My Friends Gains Workers Neighbor Paranormal Co Worker Announcing Paranormal Activity

Author:Oren Peli

“I'm about to read Scott Turow's 'Innocent.' I've been hungry for this book since he first told me it was in the works. I'm a serious Turow fan.”

Firsts Book Fans Serious Hungry Innocent

Author:Ridley Pearson

“For the first-time novelist you've got to get up at 5:30 in the morning and write until 7, make breakfast and go to work. Or, come home and work for an hour. Everybody has an hour in their day somewhere.”

Writing Firsts Home Hours Morning First Time Get Up Novelists Coming Home Breakfast

Author:Ridley Pearson

“I was constantly, always and forever, trying to perform the musical 'Annie' for anyone who would listen, and I have a terrible singing voice. It was the first thing that made me think I wanted to be an actress.”

Thinking Trying Firsts Made Wanted Voice Forever Terrible Singing Musical Actresses Annie Always And Forever

Author:Sarah Paulson

“We have entered a time when a writer's first idea is his best idea, when the first thing a reporter hears is the first thing that she reports. We live in a time now when we have seen major television networks take video off of YouTube and broadcast it to millions of Americans without verifying whether the video had been fabricated or not.”

Firsts Ideas Millions Television Majors Video Reports Reporters Youtube

Author:Scott Pelley

“I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first exposure to art.”

Firsts Children Art Young Photography Drawing Grandfather Exposure Young Children

Author:Sigmar Polke

“I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.”

Thinking Knows Writing Firsts Persons Stories Novel Written Thirds Short Story First Person Third Person Thinking First

Author:Tamora Pierce

“The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.”

Firsts Careers Bills

Author:Aaron Paul

“When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.”

Firsts Wanted

Author:Aaron Paul

“I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.”

Firsts Tvs Research Cameras Tape Introduction Facility Labs Duplication Recorded Music

Author:Alan Parsons

“When I was a teenager, if you'd asked me, I would have said I was in a relationship with New York City. It was my first real love.”

Ifs Firsts Said Real Cities New York Teenager New York City Real Love

Author:Aleksa Palladino

“I think real life couples on screen are kind of deadly. For the most part, they're kind of deadly. You'd be surprised. Unless they're falling in love onscreen for the first time, you don't have quite the same energy for some reason.”

Thinking Firsts Kind Real Reason Fall Energy Couple First Time Falling In Love Screens Real Life

Author:Amy Poehler

“The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years.”

People Years Firsts Fun Willing First Time Brands Gigs Brand New

Author:Andy Partridge

“You know, I was such a big Beatles fan, and when I'd buy a new album I'd invariably hate it the first time I heard it 'cause it was a mixture of absolute joy and absolute frustration. I couldn't grasp what they'd done, and I'd hate myself for that.”

Knows Firsts Done Bigs Joy Hate Causes Heard Fans First Time Absolutes Albums Frustration Mixtures Hate Myself

Author:Andy Partridge

“Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways.”

Way Firsts Play Guy Class Careers England Cricket First Class Watersheds

Author:Andy Pick

“The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.”

Firsts Shows Bigs Broadway

Author:Bernadette Peters

“Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938.”

Firsts Long Has Beens Facts Law Pay Class Periods Increase Raises Decades Minimum Working Class Minimum Wage

Author:Bill Pascrell

“For me, family has always come first.”

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Author:Candace Parker

“From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.”

Years Firsts Dad Training University My Dad Credit Intense Championship Tennessee Ncaa Intense Training

Author:Candace Parker

“My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.”

Firsts Film Crazy Stage Dad Shots Universal My Dad Studios Credit Actresses Grandmother Forty Contracts My Grandmother Universal Studios

Author:Chris Pine

“The first time my father saw me in the flesh was on the stage, which is a bit weird. We went out to dinner, and he was charming and sweet, but I did all the talking.”

Firsts Father Bits Talking Saws Stage Sweet First Time Dinner Flesh Charming

Author:Christopher Plummer

“I'd hopefully work through all my issues with men first so then I'd be okay being with a woman.”

Men Firsts Issues Okay Hopefully

Author:Dana Plato

“My career divides in two: before and after 9/11. In the first part I was trying to show that Islam is relevant to political concerns. If you want to understand Muslims, I argued, you need to understand the role of Islam in their lives. Now that seems obvious.”

Ifs Want Needs Trying Firsts Two Shows Seems Political Careers Roles Concern Islam Obvious Divides Relevant Before And After

Author:Daniel Pipes

“I have my great grandmother's recipe for black beans, all the way from Cuba, and I know how to make those. I'm actually pretty good at it now. But my first time, the beans actually exploded in the pot, so I had black beans just dripping from the ceiling - which is actually a dream come true for most Cubans. It was a nightmare to clean.”

Knows Way Firsts Dream Black Know How First Time Clean Grandmother Nightmare Pot Recipes Dreams Come True Cuba Ceilings Beans Cuban Dripping Great Grandmother

Author:Danny Pino

“'Slumdog' was my first movie, and I had never been to India before - I was just a teenager in the U.K. with my headphones and my Nike shoes. What did I know about growing up in a slum?”

Knows Firsts Growing Up Growing India Shoes Teenager Slums Nike Headphones Nike Shoe

Author:Dev Patel

“"Evita" obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing.”

Firsts Special Stage Majors Musical Special To Me Evita

Author:Elaine Paige

“When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.”

World Firsts Ideas Different Real Would Be School Romance Girl Waiting Sleep Novel Sweet Hero High School Decided Moved Driven Real World Valleys Romance Novel Microcosm Sleeping Beauty

Author:Francine Pascal

“My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.”

Firsts School Left Acting Skills Theater Towns Cameras Backgrounds Small Town Movie Theater

Author:Franka Potente

“As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road.”

People Thinking Feels Firsts Long Country Enough Crisis Saving Greek Agendas Greece

Author:George Papandreou

“First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the 27-country euro zone. But if there were no action, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union.”

Ifs Firsts Country Action Talking Becoming Capable Europe Unions Zone Other Countries Spain Greece Making Changes European Union Euro Portugal

Author:George Papandreou

“I would say we are a friend in need and I am sure that the Greek people would very much welcome the choice of the British people to come and enjoy Greece, first of all, but also that would be a sign of support.”

People Needs Firsts Would Be Choices Enjoy Support British Welcome Greek Greece Friend In Need

Author:George Papandreou

“My first job was a commercial for Ball Park Fun Franks.”

Firsts Jobs Fun Balls Parks

Author:Hunter Parrish

“I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called 'Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,' was about saving time and money in the kitchen - and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food.”

Firsts Shows Simple Tvs Cooking Series Everyday Saving Kitchen Celebration Florida Time And Money Pbs Saving Time

Author:Jacques Pepin

“There are no words that can describe the euphoria you feel when your baby recognizes you for the first time and smiles.”

Feels Firsts Baby First Time Euphoria

Author:Jared Padalecki

“I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum.”

Ifs Firsts New York Bills London Paris Gates Museums

Author:Jean Pigozzi

“We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it is.”

Firsts Looks Deals Morning Issues Clock

Author:Jeremy Piven

“When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then I went to undergraduate and graduate school for acting.”

Firsts Stills School Acting Theater Graduates Houston Graduate School Undergraduate

Author:Jim Parsons

“I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.”

Firsts Believe Stuff Enemy Heard Hip Hop Hips Hops Public Enemies

Author:Joaquin Phoenix

“Today is indeed an historic occasion when as a first chair-in-office woman I hand over to another woman chair in office, your Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, in the presence of a woman head of the Commonwealth, Her Royal Highness, Her Majesty the Queen of England.”

Firsts Hands Today Office England Occasions Ministers Queens Chairs Prime Royal Prime Minister Historic Majesty Commonwealth Julia Another Woman Queen Of England Highness

Author:Kamla Persad-Bissessar

“Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.”

Firsts Guy Fall Girl Roles Military Training Prepared Falling In Love Soldier Excellent Transsexuals Juilliard

Author:Lee Pace

“I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.”

Firsts Passion Actors First Love Love And Passion

Author:Lou Diamond Phillips

“Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.”

Firsts Wells Wanted Actors Saws Singers Painter Arabia Carpenter Lawrence Of Arabia

Author:Michael Pitt

“The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization.”

Firsts Facts Problem Light Choices Clear Members Judgment Organization Scientist

Book:The Republic of Science, Its Political and Economic Theory: A Lecture Delivered at Roosevelt University, January 11, 1962

Source: The Republic of Science, Its Political and Economic Theory: A Lecture Delivered at Roosevelt University, January 11, 1962

“In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything.”

People Knows Firsts Persons Who We Are Things In Life Costumes

Author:Molly Parker

“I want to be a dad, first and foremost. I want to be a good father. I've spent so much of my life on the move and travelling around the world that just to set up a home for my family and be a good dad is something that motivates me.”

World Want Firsts Home Moving Father Dad My Family Around The World Good Father Good Dad

Author:Ricky Ponting

“I think, you know, as an actor we get these terribly sort of pretentious ideas in our heads. We try to take everything very seriously at first, you know, until we lighten up, we get onboard, and have a laugh.”

Thinking Knows Trying Firsts Ideas Actors Laughing Pretentious Have A Laugh

Author:Rosamund Pike

“I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30.”

Firsts Film Written

Author:Ryan Phillippe

“If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't.”

Ifs Thinking Firsts I Can Series Various Nine Instance Volume

Author:Thomas Perry

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