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Joanna Southcott quote: "The first is last, and the last is first."
The first is last, and the last is first. Joanna Southcott
Michael Cunningham quote: "I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the..."
I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss. Michael Cunningham
I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that closely resembles the sentence I first set down. I just find that I have to keep zapping and zapping the English language until it starts to behave in some way that vaguely matches my intentions. Michael Cunningham
The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First. John Sergeant Wise
I started playing ukulele first for 2 years from age 9 to 11 and got my first guitar and got inspired by blues I heard on the radio that turned me on and I started learning myself. Johnny Winter
Sidney Crosby quote: "I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was..."
I'll be the first one to admit my first couple of years I was pretty hard on the refs. Sidney Crosby
Most people, when they hear the disease name, it's all they know about it. It sounds so mild. When I first was sick, for the first 10 years or so, I was dismissed. I was ridiculed and told I was lazy. It was a joke. Laura Hillenbrand
We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts. Robert Crippen
My first choice had always been my father. He's still my first pick. Now that the nominating process is over, tonight, I'm happy to announce that I'm going to be supporting Governor Romney. Rand Paul
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it. Carl Hiaasen
When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when I first heard it and it just moved me. Deborah Cox
I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more. Patricia Hewitt
Abraham Cowley quote: "God the first garden made, and the first city Cain."
God the first garden made, and the first city Cain. Abraham Cowley
Stephen Covey quote: "Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective..."
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Stephen Covey
In fact when I first got my Apple II the first thing I did was turn it on and off, on and off, just because I had the power to do so, which I'd never had on a computer before. Andy Hertzfeld

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