“In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsFactsLiteratureSeeingAbsolutesMovedBaloney Author:Norman MacCaig
“The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way.” IfsWayYearsFirstsFilmCuttingSeeingConversationMachinesFinalsIf I CouldEditingEditedOld WaysAvid Author:Walter Murch
“I would like to take the stigma away. 'Mastectomy' the word seemed so scary to me at first. After doing research and seeing the advancements, the surgery has come a long way from 20 years ago. The results can be incredible.” WayYearsFirstsLongResultsSeeingResearchYears AgoIncrediblesScarySurgeryLong WayAdvancementStigmaMastectomy Author:Giuliana Rancic
“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.” FirstsReasonCharacterDestinySeeingTrainingFirst TimeMachinesAthleteChineseVillageVisaOlympic AthleteAtmAtm Machines Author:Nastia Liukin
“Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old - obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.” YearsFirstsKindFilmUsedFictionWatchesSawsFourSeeingEffectsSupposed To BeMy SisterFour YearsPulp Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson
“Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.” FirstsKindMotherFatherHeavenChristBornStepsSeeingDespairSavedHolinessFirst StepsBorn AgainFather Mother Book:The saints everlasting rest: or, a treatise of the blessed state of the saints, in their enjoyment of God in glory Source: The saints everlasting rest: or, a treatise of the blessed state of the saints, in their enjoyment of God in glory
“Emotion that I experienced on first seeing the fresh paint come out of the tube.. ..the impression of colours strewn over the palette: of colours - alive, waiting, as yet unseen and hidden in their little tubes...” FirstsLittlesWaitingEmotionAliveSeeingExperiencePaintImpressionColourUnseenTubesPalette Author:Wassily Kandinsky
“You're seeing the first communist-produced automobile coming in to the U.S.. What I'm going to run on is a rebirth of capitalism.” FirstsRunningSeeingCapitalismCommunistRebirthAutomobile Author:John Raese
“The figures... are not supposed to reveal anything... It's like seeing a stranger in some place like an air terminal for the first time. You look at him, you notice his shoes, his suit, the pin in his lapel, but you don't have any particular feeling about him.” FirstsLooksFeelingsHumanitySeeingAirFiguresParticularFirst TimeShoesStrangerSuitsPinsTerminal Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“When I first started coming to New York in the early Nineties and seeing the vitality of the programme compared to what was going on back in London or Paris, it was just in a different league. It's like a 16th-century court.” FirstsDifferentSeeingCenturyNew YorkCourtLondonLeagueParisVitalityProgrammes Author:Thomas P. Campbell
“I have really seen the best in people and I've absolutely seen the worst in people. And I'm happy to say that most of the time I have been seeing the best of people in the first congressional district and connecting with voters and seeing what's important to them hearing their stories and what they want to see happen.” PeopleWantFirstsHas BeensImportantStoriesHappensSeeingWorstHearingVotersConnectingWhat's Important Author:Rob Zerban
“I always thought I'd be the one to go first. ... The world might be mourning an Everly Brother, but I'm mourning my brother Phil Everly. My wife Adela and I are touched by all the tributes we're seeing for Phil and we thank you for allowing us to grieve in private at this incredibly difficult time.” WorldFirstsMightDifficultWifeSeeingBrotherMy WifeGrievingMy BrotherMourningTouchedAllowingDifficult TimesTributeEverly Brothers Author:Don Everly