“We cannot be wise while in the grip of a deep fear. ... This is why demagogues, when seeking our support, will first cause us to fear and hate, knowing when we are in the grip of a great fear, we will abandon common sense and wisdom, we will forsake the hard-won lessons of time and experience.” FirstsHardWisdomHateCausesCommonSupportCourageKnowingWiseLessonsSeekingCommon SenseAbandonBeing WiseForsake Author:Philip Gulley
“Of course all advance depends upon money, when we depend upon paid workers for any advance. Teach men as one of their first lessons in the gospel that pastoral work and evangelistic work ought to be paid, and will they not believe it? They would all believe it if the Holy Ghost did not dispute our teaching. It is a powerful proof of the presence and grace of the Holy Ghost that they do not all believe it and act accordingly.” IfsMenFirstsBelieveCoursesPowerfulTeachGraceTeachingDependsOughtHolyLessonsPaidWorkersProofGhostDisputesHoly Ghost Book:The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen Source: The Ministry of the Spirit: Selected Writings of Roland Allen
“My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first pure even more strong.” ShouldTryingFirstsStrongProcessLessonsPureSongwritingWriting Process Author:Yukimi Nagano
“My first lessons lasted two weeks and it was Jingle Bells. It didn't make any sense at all. I wanted to know how to play like Hendrix.” KnowsFirstsTwoPlayWantedKnow HowWeekLessonsBellsTwo WeeksHendrixJinglesJingle Bells Author:Joe
“So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.” ShouldFirstsImportantWarFightingLessonsVietnamTroopsUnjustHonoredCasualtiesUnwiseImportant LessonsAmerican TroopsUnjust War Author:Paul Begala
“I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.” WayYearsFirstsPlayKidsUsedRecordsFiguresLessonsMusicianRedYears AgoEarsJazzNotesMy FavoriteJazz MusicPianistJazz MusicianGarlands Author:Donald Fagen
“My great lesson from Auschwitz is: whoever wants to dehumanize any other must first be dehumanized himself. The oppressors are no longer really human, whatever uniform they wear.” WantFirstsHumansLessonsUniformsOppressorsAuschwitz Author:Hajo Meyer
“In the rainy season, sometimes to get to the first lesson we had to run really quick, because we had to cross the river to school and we'd have to go up and down the bank to find a place to cross because there is no bridge.” FirstsSometimesRunningSchoolLessonsRiversCrossesSeasonsBridgesUp And DownRainyRainy Season Author:Haile Gebrselassie
“Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over. There are tales that are older than most countries, tales that have long outlasted the cultures and the buildings in which they were first told.” WayFirstsLongMadeBookCountryHumanityCultureBuildingLessonsBuiltCommunicateTalesLearning Lessons Book:The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction Source: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
“English children have lost their innocence, for their first lessons have been in the exploitation of their adult slave.” FirstsChildrenHas BeensLostLessonsAdultsSlaveInnocenceExploitation Author:Germaine Greer