#first things

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy. ↗

— James Bovard

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No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis. ↗

— Theresa May

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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed. ↗

— Noah Webster

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The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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First things first, second things never. ↗

— Shirley Conran

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One of the first things I did as a new Member of Congress was help form a bipartisan Mississippi River Caucus so we could work together from both the North and the South in order to draw attention to the resources that are needed along the Mississippi River. ↗

— Ron Kind

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The best thing about lying in bed late is that you learn to distinguish between first things and trivia, for whatever presses on you has to prove its importance before it makes you move. ↗

— Max Lerner

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One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature. ↗

— Maria Menounos

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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. ↗

— P. J. O'Rourke

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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

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