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Quotes 981 till 1000 of 1511.

  • Buchi Emecheta The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.
    Buchi Emecheta
    Nigerian-born British novelist (1944 - 2017)
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  • Bernadette Peters The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.
    Bernadette Peters
    American actress, singer, and author (1948 - )
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  • Hiram Johnson The first casualty when war comes is truth.
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  • Carine Roitfeld The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • John Ruskin The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Arthur Henderson The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them.
    Arthur Henderson
    British Labour politician
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  • Bethany Mota The first day back to school, you never want to wear your best outfit. You're setting the bar too high for yourself! Then the rest of the school year, you'll feel so much pressure! Wear something cute, but save your best outfit for a day when no one expects it.
    Bethany Mota
    American video blogger (1995 - )
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  • Bruce Springsteen The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.
    Bruce Springsteen Talking
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Henry van Dyke The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
    Fisherman's Luck (1899) , ch. 5
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Anacharsis The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.
    Anacharsis
    Scythian philosopher
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  • Sir William Osler The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
    Sir William Osler
    Canadian Physician (1849 - 1919)
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  • André Malraux The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
    André Malraux
    French writer and politician (ps. by A. Berger) (1901 - 1976)
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  • Virginia Woolf The first duty of a lecturer is to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantelpiece forever.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Abbie Hoffman The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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  • James A. Froude The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
    James A. Froude
    British Historian (1818 - 1894)
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  • Oscar Wilde The first duty of life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one as yet discovered.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Paul Tillich The first duty of love is to listen.
    Paul Tillich
    German-American theologian and philosopher (1886 - 1965)
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  • Thomas Carlyle The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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