“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.” FirstsFatherBitsTalkingSawsStageSweetFirst TimeDinnerFleshCharming Author:Christopher Plummer
“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.” IfsFirstsCountryActionTalkingBecomingCapableEuropeUnionsZoneOther CountriesSpainGreeceMaking ChangesEuropean UnionEuroPortugal Author:George Papandreou
“When I first started talking about gay marriage, most people in the gay community looked at me as if I was insane or possibly a fascist reactionary.” PeopleIfsFirstsCommunityTalkingGayInsaneGay MarriageFascistsReactionariesGay Community Author:Andrew Sullivan
“Go back to - my first campaign for the United States Senate. I got a bunch of people now talking about inequality. But back then they sure weren't. Back then, folks were saying I was preaching class warfare. Now it's suddenly their campaign platform.” PeopleFirstsStatesUnitedTalkingClassUnited StatesFolksCampaignsBunchInequalitySenatePlatformsPreachingWarfareClass Warfare Author:Barack Obama
“At first I could not believe what I was reading. I got up from my seat and walked away, talking to myself that I may have found my mom.” FirstsBelieveMayReadingFoundTalkingMomMy MomSeats Author:Reese Hoffa
“To become a champion, you must first think like a champion, and the best way to think like a champion is start talking like a champion. So start talking today like the champion you could be, and your thoughts and actions will follow.” ThinkingWayFirstsTodayActionSuccessTalkingBest WayChampionThoughts And Actions Author:Hal Elrod
“Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.” WritingFirstsHouseTalkingPressureOpeningYardsUpstairs Book:Selected Letters Source: Selected Letters
“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
“A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black Brando. Before Eddie Murphy, there were two schools of acting for a black actor: Either you played it LIKE THIS or youplayeditlahkdis. He was the first black guy in a movie to talk like I am talking right now. That did not exist for black actors before him.” FirstsTwoSchoolGuyActorsBlackActingTalkingComedyRight NowMurphyBrandoBlack Guys Author:Scott Raab