“I literally integrated the small town of Libertyville, Illinois. I was the first person of color to reside within its borders.” FirstsPersonsColorTownsBordersSmall TownIntegratedFirst PersonIllinois Author:Tom Morello
“My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.” FirstsPersonsParentHappenedCollegeDadBandMy FamilyMy DadSingersHarvardFirst Person Author:Dean Norris
“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.” ThinkingKnowsWritingFirstsPersonsStoriesNovelWrittenThirdsShort StoryFirst PersonThird PersonThinking First Author:Tamora Pierce
“Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.” WritingTryingFirstsPersonsBookPlansWork OutFirst Person Author:Brent Runyon
“You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter.” FirstsPersonsDifferentActionDesignProgramCombatFirst PersonShooter Author:John Romero
“One of my mother's friends said to me, 'Your ex-boyfriends didn't stand a chance with you and your mother.' And I think I probably was unfair to them because she was the first person and the last person I called about every single thing. Sorry, ex-boyfriends.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsSaidLastsMotherChanceSorryUnfairExesFirst PersonEx BoyfriendYour Ex Author:Lily Rabe
“Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black urban music was like. He was the first person who made the rest of Britain realise it wasn't just a one-album-type situation. You've got to take your hat off to somebody like that.” FirstsPersonsMadeInspirationBlackSituationChildhoodTypeHeroExpectationsVery GoodAlbumsBritishBritainHatsRealisingUrbanFirst PersonGood PlaceHats OffUrban Music Author:Tinie Tempah
“When I was trained as a journalist, as a race-relations reporter in Nashville covering the end of the civil-rights movement, we were strictly forbidden to use the first-person pronoun. There was kind of an electric charge around it. To come out from hiding and use the word 'I' carried a lot of fright for me.” FirstsKindPersonsEndsUseRaceRightsMovementRelationCivil RightsJournalistHidingElectricReportersForbiddenRace RelationsCoveringCivil Rights MovementFirst PersonFrightNashvillePronouns Author:Lawrence Wright
“I have permits to be the first person in the world to walk across the Grand Canyon so that's a process we'll start working on. I'd say within three to five years I'll accomplish that as well.” WorldYearsFirstsWellsPersonsThreeProcessWalksFiveAccomplishFive YearsPermitFirst PersonCanyonsGrand Canyon Author:Nik Wallenda
“I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.” WritingFirstsPersonsCharacterFirst Person Author:Wally Lamb
“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.” WorldFirstsPersonsCharacterStoriesJourneyShareReaderDeeperInsightFocusedSuitsFirst PersonProtagonistsPersonal Journey Author:Juliet Marillier
“First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.” KnowsFirstsPersonsToolsNarrativeFirst PersonFirst Person Narrative Author:James McBride
“Growing up, I can remember singing along with my ma all of the time. I wouldn't say she necessarily 'taught' me how to sing, but she was definitely the first person to inspire me to sing and the first to intrigue me vocally. I've always had a natural ear for music, though.” FirstsPersonsI CanRememberNaturalGrowing UpGrowingInspireTaughtSingingEarsIntrigueFirst Person Author:Elliott Yamin
“I thought it was time to get a group together and the first person I thought of was Wayne Shorter. I called Wayne and in the meantime, Wayne called me to make an album with him, which was Super Nova.” FirstsPersonsTogetherGroupsAlbumsFirst PersonWayneNovas Author:Miroslav Vitous
“People have a right to protest; they have a right to make their opinion. They can be very upset about what they consider to be a murder of a person in custody, but you cannot destroy property. First person does it goes to jail.” PeopleFirstsPersonsDoeOpinionMurderPropertyUpsetProtestJailFirst PersonCustody Author:Rudy Giuliani
“All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In fact I am behind everything that happens and that is said, but I am never talking about myself in first person. Something in me - probably a dislike of cheap exhibitionism- stops me from approaching a project too autobiographically.” FirstsPersonsSaidCharacterFactsHappensBehindsTalkingProjectsDimensionsDislikeFirst PersonExhibitionism Author:Pedro Almodovar
“I think it is now time for social scientists to step out of the shadow and to establish an advanced social sciences methodology that integrates science (third-person view) social transformation (second-person view) and the evolution of self (first-person view) into a coherent framework of consciousness-based action research” ThinkingFirstsPersonsSelfActionSocialViewsConsciousnessStepsEvolutionResearchShadowScientistThirdsTransformationFrameworkFirst PersonIntegratingMethodologySocial ScienceThird PersonSocial Transformation Author:Otto Scharmer
“The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.” YearsFirstsPersonsSpiritualityChristGoldenFirst PersonGolden RuleBedrock Author:Karen Armstrong