I would look at the first chapter of any new novel as a final test of its merits. If there was a murdered man under the sofa in the first chapter, I read the story. If there was no murdered man under the sofa in the first chapter, I dismissed the sto...
In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.
I want you to begin keeping a calendar of who you see and when: the first day each year you see buttercups, the first day frogs start singing, the last day you see robins in the fall, the first day for grasshoppers. In short, I want you to pay attent...
I'm a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in '96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, 'Who is this guy? He's dope!' First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, 'Eh.' He starte...
[Picard takes the phaser from Lily, and inspects it] Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Maximum setting. If you had fired this, you would have vaporized me. Lily Sloane: [sheepish] It's my first ray gun.
When I was around 15, I did my first movie. I was at a kids' agency, and the third time I was invited to an audition, they offered me a little part in some kiddie thing, and I earned my first money. I was very proud that I could buy my first mountain...
My first pictures are from 1972, and my first proper camera dates back to 1973. During the first year I used my father's camera. It had a flash on it, which I don't like, but I didn't know anything about photography back then, so it was just what I d...
This first print run of the first edition of my first novel, 'When The Lion Feeds.' back in 1964, is so rare it can fetch several thousand pounds at auction. I always wanted to be an author, and I decided to write about what I knew.
All things at first appear difficult.
All things seem difficult at first.
Better the second husband of a widow than the first.
Nothing is more expensive than the first beer.
A priest blesses his own bread first.
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
It is useful to first see the spark before the fire.
Heaven was inspired by the first judge to take a bribe.
I've faked orgasms before, but this is the first time I've faked having an orgasm.
It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
But there's always a first time for everything
I would say that my peak was making my first million at the ripe age of 29, after the first album.
