“One of the first times I ever performed in front of a big group of people was at my kindergarten graduation. I did, like, a Michael Jackson impersonation as, like, a five year old. I had the suit and blazer, the glove and the fedora, and I just performed a whole Michael Jackson song. I'm sure it was 'Smooth Criminal.” PeopleYearsFirstsWholeBigsSongFiveGroupsFrontsFirst TimeCriminalsSuitsFive YearsSmoothGlovesKindergartenFive Year OldsBlazersFedoras Author:Chance the Rapper
“At 17, the first time I saw a dead body, I froze. By 31 it was a natural occurrence for me, and no group of people should live like that.” PeopleShouldFirstsBodyNaturalSawsGroupsFirst Time Author:Leymah Gbowee
“Way back last summer I asked some of the most outstanding educational minds in this Nation to tackle this problem. I gave them a single instruction: find out how we can best invest each education dollar so that it will do the most good. Your support and the support of every leading education group proves that they did their job better than I had hoped, because for the first time we have succeeded in finding goals which unite us rather than divide us.” WayMindFirstsProblemJobsLastsNationsGoalEducationSupportGroupsProveFindingsSummerFirst TimeDollarsEducationalDividesInstructionOutstandingLast Summer Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“The Forsytes were resentful of something, not individually, but as a family; this resentment expressed itself in an added perfection of raiment, an exuberance of family cordiality, an exaggeration of family importance, and the sniff. Danger so indispensable in bringing out the fundamental quality of any society, group, or individual was what the Forsytes scented; the premonition of danger put a burnish on their armour. For the first time, as a family, they appeared to have an instinct of being in contact, with some strange and unsafe thing.” FirstsIndividualQualityGroupsDangerStrangeFirst TimePerfectionImportanceFundamentalsInstinctContactResentmentIndispensableExaggerationUnsafeArmourPremonitionResentfulExuberanceImportance Of FamilyCordiality Book:The Forsyte Saga, Complete: England Literature Source: The Forsyte Saga, Complete: England Literature
“Even as a child, I just leaned towards the scary. I remember seeing Halloween, for the first time. I snuck into the theater and was sitting there with a group of friends in the front row, and I turned back to look at the audience. They were screaming and interacting with the screen and were interacting with Jamie Lee Curtis as she walked through that horrible night. I just thought, "I want to do that."” WantFirstsLooksChildrenRememberNightAudienceSeeingGroupsFrontsSittingFirst TimeTheaterScaryScreensHorribleHalloweenInteractingJamieGroup Of Friends Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“The first time you find yourself having a conversation about moss stitch with a group of people who aren't desperately trying to escape you ... it's like coming home.” PeopleTryingFirstsHomeGroupsConversationFirst TimeFinding YourselfComing HomeMossKnittingStitches Book:At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much Source: At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
“One of my first jobs was in Italy and that's where I saw cocaine for the first time. There was a murder in our group that weekend. I decided then and there that I would never do drugs. I have anxiety attacks, so there's no way I could do them.” WayFirstsJobsSawsGroupsDrugAnxietyFirst TimeDecidedMurderWeekendCocaineAnxiety Attacks Author:Linda Evangelista