“I want to feel like the things I did made a difference. That's one of the reasons I spend time greeting people on rope lines, because I'm always thinking, 'Maybe this interaction, particularly if I'm meeting kids, will change someone's life.' That's how I think about the work I do as First Lady. It's a rare spotlight. I want to make sure I don't waste it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelsFirstsMadeReasonKidsDifferencesLinesWasteMeetingsInteractionEnd TimesRopeSpend TimeSpotlightFirst LadyGreetingsAlways Thinking Author:Michelle Obama
“I came from a war-torn country and I was a victim of that racism because within tribes, within political lines, people were fighting. The first thing that I like to fight is racism because I know what it means, how it destroys the fabric of my society, of my wellbeing.” PeopleKnowsFirstsMeanWarCountryPoliticalFightingLinesRacismVictimFabricTribesTornWellbeing Author:Pearl Tan
“I don't play baseball first. I put Christ first in my life. I put my family behind Him and I put baseball down the line. I obviously want to succeed. I want to do well. I want to perform. But at the same time, I'm at peace that no matter what happens on this earth, the more important part is being a Christian, and being in the Kingdom of Heaven when it's all said and done.” WantFirstsWellsSaidImportantMatterDonePlayHappensEarthChristianHeavenChristLinesBehindsSucceedMy FamilyBaseballNo Matter WhatKingdomsKingdom Of HeavenSaid And Done Author:Mark Teixeira
“My wife is my first reader, my first line of defence I suppose. So she says, "Oh well, oh yes, it's all true." At the same time, I could have written much more about us, but I didn't want to go any further. I did cut things out. There are certain things that I wrote about her that are so gushing with praise and admiration that when I looked at those passages I realised they would be ridiculous to anybody else.” WantFirstsWellsWould BeCertainLinesCuttingWifeWrittenReaderPraiseMy WifeRidiculousAdmirationPassagesDefenceRealisedOh Well Author:Paul Auster
“These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings The peasant's food, the golden pomp of kings; This is the page whose letters shall be seen, Changed by the sun to words of living green; This is the scholar whose immortal penSpells the first lesson hunger taught to men; These are the lines that heaven-commanded Toil Shows on his deed, - the charter of the soil!” MenLifeFirstsShowsHandsHeavenLinesSunChangedTaughtKingsLessonsPagesGardenLaborLettersGreenHungerDeedsGoldenSoilImmortalScholarToilPeasantsCharterSturdy Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
“If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns. The first people who are going to be in line to turn in their guns are law-abiding citizens. Criminals are going to be left with guns. I believe that concealed carry is a way of reducing gun violence.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsBelieveLawTurnsLeftI BelieveLinesViolenceCitizensGunCriminalsReducingAbidingConcealedOutlawGun ViolenceLaw Abiding CitizenConcealed Carry Author:Gary Johnson
“Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001.” FirstsLinesAssemblyNovemberAssembly LineHonda Author:Mike Rogers
“When I wrote my first film and then directed it and I looked at it for the first time on what's called an assembly, you look at this movie which is every scene you wrote, every line of dialogue you wrote and you want to kill yourself the minute you see it. It's like, 'How did I write something so horrible?'” WantWritingFirstsLooksFilmLinesMinutesSceneFirst TimeHorribleDialogueAssemblyKilling Yourself Author:Bruce Joel Rubin