“Today the major reason for our interest in Flatland is that for the first time we can achieve some of the dreams of our ancestors a century ago and obtain direct visual experience of phenomena in a dimension higher than our own.” FirstsReasonDreamTodayInterestAchieveCenturyHigherMajorsFirst TimeDirectLogicCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningVisualsDimensionsAncestorOntology Author:Thomas Banchoff
“On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.” WorldFirstsArtistFeetFiguresMajorsFirst TimePerformancesCornersHallsConcertsAvenuesCarnegieCarnegie HallTchaikovsky Book:Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry Source: Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry
“We are very excited with the roster of skaters that are coming. It's the first time New Jersey has been awarded an event of this caliber in the skating world. It's definitely important to the area because we hear all the time that there are not enough major sporting events in South Jersey. It's a great opportunity to have such an event.” WorldFirstsHas BeensImportantEnoughOpportunityEventsMajorsFirst TimeAreasSouthExcitedJerseySkatingNew JerseyGreat OpportunitySkaterCaliberSporting EventsRosters Author:Susan Ward
“Our coaches want to be a part of South Carolina football when they win it for the first time. When they win the division, when they win the SEC, win a major bowl game, etc. The opportunities to do it all for the first time here make it extra special.” WantFirstsOpportunityGamesWinningSportsSpecialFootballMajorsFirst TimeSouthCoachesExtrasEtcDivisionBowlsCarolinaSouth Carolina Author:Steve Spurrier
“It was the first time that we had sort of articulated our major problem. She wanted to die and I wanted her to live and we were enemies who loved each other.” FirstsProblemWantedDiesEnemyMajorsFirst TimeMajor ProblemsWanted To Die Author:Miriam Toews
“The Southbank Centre Unlimited Festival was a distinct moment in time, an amazing counterpoint to the London 2012 Paralympics. There is no question that a major shift in perspective is taking place, that the world is waking up and greeting - as if for the first time - the extraordinary community of people with disability.” PeopleIfsWorldFirstsMomentsCommunityPerspectiveMajorsFirst TimeWake UpExtraordinaryLondonDisabilityWakingCentreUnlimitedFestivalsMoments In TimeGreetingsPeople With Disabilities Author:Charles Hazlewood
“Like riding a bike for the first time, sometimes you just have to go for it. If you keep looking forwards and maintain your momentum, it will probably go well. But if you start to doubt yourself and look back, you are more likely to suffer a major wobble followed by a crash.” IfsFirstsWellsLooksSometimesSufferingDoubtMajorsFirst TimeRidingCrashBikeLooking ForwardMomentumYour Mom Author:Roz Savage
“After moving to Los Angeles in the early '90s, I started looking into "music for picture" more seriously and in broader scope. My collaboration as a programmer and arranger with Graeme Revell exposed me for the first time to the full spectrum of film music, including the hectic demands of orchestral scoring and the power politics surrounding the finalization of any score for a major motion picture in Hollywood.” FirstsFilmMovingDemandMajorsFirst TimeHollywoodIncludingScoreLos AngelesCollaborationExposedScopeSpectrumProgrammersMotion PicturesHecticPower PoliticsFilm Music Author:Paul Haslinger
“Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone. The first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee.” FirstsNationsPartyMajorsFirst TimeThanksMilestone Author:Hillary Clinton
“She [Hillary Clinton] says I know that this is the first time that one of our two major parties has ever nominated a woman, and that takes some getting used to even for me. And I think that she has to somehow figure out a way to talk about it. She doesn't like being a symbol, but in many ways, that's what tonight is about.” ThinkingKnowsWayFirstsTwoUsedPartyFiguresMajorsFirst TimeClintonSymbolsTonight Author:Tamara Keith
“It might be the first time - certainly the first time in my lifetime that a major policy address by a Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump so heavily relied on data and studies from a labor-union-backed think tank.” ThinkingFirstsMightStudyPolicyTrumpRepublicanMajorsFirst TimeLaborUnionsLifetimeDataPresidentialAddressesTanksLabor Union Author:Avik Roy