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As I write at the end, if we step back and face the enormity of the torrent, then we have taken the first step to imagining what we might want to do about it. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too, I suppose. ↗

— Eudora Welty

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To destroy is always the first step in any creation. ↗

— e. e. cummings

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Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

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The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

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Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed. ↗

— Jim Talent

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The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. ↗

— Chauncey Depew

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If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. ↗

— Molly Ivins

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