“For the first time since I began acting, I feel that I've found my place in the world, that there's something out of my own culture which i can express and perhaps help others preserve..i have found out now that the African natives had a definite culture a long way beyond the culture of the Stone age...an integrated thing, which is still unspoiled by western influences...I think the Americans will be amazed to find how many of the modern dance steps are relics of African heritage.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsFirstsLongStillsI CanHelpingAgeCultureFoundMy OwnActingStepsInfluenceModernFirst TimeStonesWesternHelping OthersPreservesHeritageDefiniteAmazedLong WayIntegratedPlaces In The WorldRelicsStone AgeModern DanceDance Steps Author:Paul Robeson
“Step back in time; look closely at the child in the very arms of his mother; see the external world reflected for the first time in the yet unclear mirror of his understanding; study the first examples which strike his eyes; listen to the first words which arouse within him the slumbering power of thought; watch the first struggles which he has to undergo; only then will you comprehend the source of his prejudices, the habits, and the passions which are to rule his life. The entire man, so to speak, comes fully formed in the wrappings of his cradle.” MenWorldFirstsLooksChildrenEyeMotherPassionSpeakUnderstandingStepsWatchesStruggleStudyExampleSourceArmsHabitFirst TimePrejudiceMirrorsStrikesHis EyesCradleBack In TimeWrappingPower Of ThoughtUnclear Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“The first time I was given money to shop for myself, I was 13 and staying with my godmother in New York. I went to Clinique and bought the three-step acne programme and felt so grown-up.” FirstsThreeGivenFeltStepsNew YorkFirst TimeShopsStayingProgrammesGodmotherAcne Author:Trinny Woodall
“It is in the small things we see it. The child's first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk.” FirstsChildrenStepsCourageFirst TimeFirst StepsBikeSmall ThingsEarthquakesSidewalkWallowing Book:The Awful Rowing Toward God Source: The Awful Rowing Toward God
“At the other end of the scale I was there with a whole lot of young British athletes so I was getting to see them take their first steps on the international ladder. I'd like to think maybe in five years time I'll look back and I'll forget all about the lost luggage and I'll forget about the horrible hotel, but I'll remember these wonderful athletes stepping onto the track for the first time.” ThinkingYearsFirstsLooksEndsWholeRememberYoungLostForgetStepsFiveWonderfulFirst TimeInternationalAthleteTrackBritishScalesHorribleFive YearsHotelFirst StepsLaddersLuggage Author:Jill Douglas
“I almost dropped dead the first time I heard Bob Dole say 'gay marriage' on the floor of the senate. He wasn't saying nice things, but he said it! I never thought in my lifetime I'd hear that. I just think we're moving now at warp speed. Even when we take a step back like with prop 8, we take two steps forward.” ThinkingFirstsSaidTwoMovingStepsNiceHeardGayFirst TimeLifetimeSpeedSenateBobGay MarriageNice ThingsPropsSteps ForwardWarp Author:Cherry Jones
“So, it seems, everything is in place. For the first time since homo sapiens began to doodle on cave walls, there is an argument, an opportunity and a means to make serious steps towards a world government.” WorldFirstsMeanSeemsGovernmentOpportunityStepsSeriousWallFirst TimeArgumentCavesHomo SapiensWorld Government Author:Gideon Rachman