#first thing

I'd love to open a private museum in Paris, London, or New York, but I don't have the money. If I were Bill Gates or Paul Allen, the first thing I would do is build a museum. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

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The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their own personal judgment, are in fact co-operating as members of a closely knit organization. ↗

— Michael Polanyi

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First thing I did when I found out I made it into the top 13 is I tried not to faint and you know, I took it all in and I really looked at the crowd and said a big 'thank you'. ↗

— Haley Reinhart

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As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book. ↗

— Andy Rooney

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We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it is. ↗

— Jeremy Piven

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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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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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My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

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