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To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

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But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

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So the first thing that I thought about was, 'How is this car going to handle?' But then after I'd been driving with it and practicing with it and I accomplished that, then I just kind of sat back. ↗

— Sean William Scott

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Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids. ↗

— Nikki Sixx

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No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism. ↗

— Joe Slovo

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The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

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Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears. ↗

— Mink Stole

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