#first time

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy. ↗

— Amy Tan

#been #case #different #first #first time

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour. ↗

— Amy Tan

#chords #concert #first #first time #get

I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#dialogue #excited #first #first time #going

All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what is work like for a woman having a job for the first time in her life? What's it like to be black or white? ↗

— Studs Terkel

#black #black or white #books #first #first time

People wonder why first-time directors can make a brilliant picture, then suck on the second one. It's because they're a little terrified the first time. So they listen to all the experts around them. ↗

— James Caan

#because #brilliant #directors #experts #first

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. ↗

— Herb Caen

#begins #bites #chew #cutting #first

We are at a major epoch in human history, which is that we don't need sex to recreate the race. You can have babies without sex. This is the first time in human history that has been true, and it means, for example, we could do some extraordinary things. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#been #could #epoch #example #extraordinary

My father was a promoter of Fresh Fest, and they needed an opening act. He got me a slot as a dancer. We tried it out the first time in Atlanta and the crowd went crazy. I was the opening clown. ↗

— Jermaine Dupri

#atlanta #clown #crazy #crowd #dancer

The first time I heard The Beatles, I cried. It was 'Let it Be'. ↗

— James Durbin

#cried #first #first time #heard #i

I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics. ↗

— Im Dong-Hyun

#compete #desire #first #first time #forgot