“The greatest fallout of the space program, ... was not the close-up view of the moon, but a look at spaceship Earth from afar. For the first time in the history of humanity, we were able to see our planet for what it really is.” FirstsLooksAbleEarthHumanitySpaceViewsPlanetsMoonFirst TimeProgramOur PlanetSpaceshipsAfarSpace ProgramFallouts Author:Theodore Hesburgh
“In 2006, the number of children in targeted school choice programs nationwide will reach six digits for the first time, representing a 40 percent increase in the number of children in targeted school choice programs and an even bigger increase in the amount of public funding.” FirstsChildrenSchoolChoicesNumbersAmountSixPercentFirst TimeProgramBiggerIncreaseFundingRepresentingSchool Choice Author:Clint Bolick
“With the counseling of my family doctor, my mother ended up turning to Weight Watchers and their children's program. I went to weekly meetings, got counseling and would exercise with my peers who were my size. It was the first time I saw a proper children's portion size, and it wasn't two burgers, it was one.” FirstsChildrenTwoMotherSawsExerciseFirst TimeProgramMy FamilyDoctorsWeightMeetingsSizePortionsPeersCounselingBurgersWatchersWeight WatchersPortion Sizes Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“Before, I was always the kid that was in the background. It was hard for me to get casted in even one program, and when people thought that I was a guest on a show for the first time when I had been on before, it saddened me. Suddenly getting the spotlight? That's! Not! True!” PeopleFirstsHardShowsKidsFirst TimeProgramBackgroundsGuestsSpotlightSaddened Author:IU
“My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's improv team. We charged money for tickets, saying the proceeds went to our school's recycling program. Then, immediately after the show, we divided up all the money and kept it.” FirstsShowsSchoolBlackTeamMembersHigh SchoolFirst TimeProgramTheaterBoxesPerformingDividedTicketsBasementsRecyclingBlack Boxes Author:Joe Mande
“I can't understand what's holding up our missile program. It's the first time the government ever had trouble making the taxpayers' money go up in smoke.” FirstsI CanGovernmentTroubleFirst TimeProgramSmokeTaxpayersMissilesTrouble Making Author:Bob Hope
“When contemplating a shield that would protect America for incoming missiles, Democrats suddenly became hardheaded fiscal conservatives. For the first time in recorded history, liberals were concerned about the cost and usefulness of a government program. These people believe federally funded art therapy for the homeless will pay for itself. That you can take to the bank. But a shield to repel incoming nuclear missiles from American soil they said, was too expensive and wouldn't work.” PeopleFirstsBelieveArtSaidGovernmentAmericaPayCostProtectFirst TimeConcernedProgramDemocratNuclearTherapySoilExpensiveContemplatingHomelessThey SaidShieldsMissilesUsefulnessGovernment ProgramsNuclear MissilesArt Therapy Author:Ann Coulter
“Don't get seduced by your own stuff. Don't get high on your own supply. The hardest thing as a filmmaker is when you're watching a film that you've worked on for several years. You know every frame so intimately that holding lots of the objectivity of a new viewer who has just seen it for the first time is the hardest thing. Every aesthetic decision you make - and you make thousands of them every day, have to - in theory, must be done from you being a blank slate. You almost have to run a program, like a mind wipe, every time you watch the movie.” KnowsYearsMindFirstsDoneRunningFilmStuffDecisionWatchesTheoryFirst TimeProgramHardestFilmmakerAestheticBlankViewersHardest ThingWipeObjectivityGetting HighSlateDecisions You MakeBlank Slates Author:James Cameron
“The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.” KnowsWorldYearsFirstsStillsCountrySawsFirst TimeYears AgoProgramSnowAround The WorldCarterClose FriendsSkisSkiing Author:Jimmy Carter
“When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.” FirstsPoliticalArtistCultureCommunityTakenMusicianFirst TimeProgramRoseAthleteAppreciationAfrican AmericanThinkerAmerican CultureRenaissanceMentoringHarlemProminenceHarlem Renaissance Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar