“I've gotten to work with amazing people. I would say usually we get to a point before we get into the studio where there isn't that sense of anxiety or nervousness of who they are because I don't think it would be as productive in the studio if that was the case. But maybe meeting someone like Neil Young for the first time made me anxious.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsMadeWould BeYoungCasesAnxietyFirst TimeMeetingsStudiosProductiveAnxiousNervousnessAmazing PeopleMeeting Someone Author:Rick Rubin
“First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a film, where in an extreme case you might be doing the last scene of the script the first day that you go to work, and you don't know enough about the character you're playing.” KnowsFirstsEndsEnoughCharacterMightLastsFilmCasesPiecesMaterialsSceneFlowScriptsExtremes Author:Jean Stapleton
“In any case, in so far as our knowledge of the universe carries us, the advent of civilization for the first time on our globe represents the highest ascent of the life processes to which evolution had anywhere attained.” FirstsUniverseProcessCasesEvolutionCivilizationHighestFirst TimeCarrieGlobesAdventAscent Author:James Henry Breasted
“Ill-luck is, in nine cases out of ten, the result of taking pleasure first and duty second, instead of duty first and pleasure second.” FirstsPleasureResultsCasesDutyTenLuckIllNine Author:Theodore T. Munger
“Depend upon it, a man never experiences such pleasure or grief after fourteen years as he does before, unless in some cases, in his first lovemaking, when the sensation is new to him” MenYearsFirstsDoeAgePleasureGriefCasesDependsSensationsFirst LoveFourteen Author:Charles Kingsley
“But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I was stupid and when people think you're stupid, they have low expectations for you.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsSchoolThreeCasesTeacherStupidLowsExpectationsTestsThree YearsYou Re StupidLow ExpectationsI Was Stupid Author:Robert Sternberg
“EMA research evidences strong and growing interest in leveraging log data across multiple infrastructure planning and operations management use cases. But to fully realize the potential complementary value of unstructured log data, it must be aligned and integrated with structured management data, and manual analysis must be replaced with automated approaches. By combining the RapidEngines capabilities with its existing solution, SevOne will be the first to truly integrate log data into an enterprise-class, carrier-grade performance management system.” FirstsUseValuesStrongInterestRealizingClassCasesGrowingApproachSolutionsResearchEvidencePerformancesManagementPlanningDataOperationsAnalysisEnterpriseGradesCapabilityMultipleReplacedInfrastructureIntegratedIntegratingManualsCombiningCarrierComplementaryManagement Systems Author:Jim Frey
“In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing in me, .. A lot of authors, if their first book is a success, they're terrified to write a second one. But in my case, since the first book wasn't considered a literary book, I was really determined to show people I could do other types of writing.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsImportantBookShowsCasesTypeTwentiesDeterminedTerrifiedWriting A Book Author:Evelyn Lau
“I have always been an advocate and was, in my last job at M&S, a supporter of the Al Gore dictum that a sustainable business can be a profitable business. We were the first sizeable company in the UK to prove that was the case.” FirstsJobsLastsCompanyCasesProveAlsSupporterProfitableGoreProfitable Business Author:Stuart Rose
“I know of a few multimillionaires who started trading with inherited wealth. In each case, they lost it all because they didn't feel the pain when they were losing. In those formative first few years of trading, they felt they could afford to lose. You're much better off going into the market on a shoestring, feeling that you can't afford to lose. I'd rather bet on somebody starting out with a few thousand dollars than on somebody who came in with millions.” KnowsFeelsYearsFirstsFeelingsPainLostFeltLosesWealthMillionsCasesThousandLosingDollarsStartingTradingBetter OffStarting OutInherited Wealth Author:William Eckhardt
“The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.” FirstsStatesEnoughStrongStepsCasesFailingHonestHonestyGreatnessBeing HonestFirst StepsStrong Enough Author:Christian Nestell Bovee