The first time I tried to write was when I was 14, after I got an electric guitar. I put a song together, and it wasn't that bad! The writing came natural to me.
Back in the mid-18th century, in 1745-1747, Ossetia was the first to become part of the Russian Empire. At that time, it was a united entity; North and South Ossetia were one state.
It's the first time it's happened to me and maybe the last. It's a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can't remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.
The appeal of travel books is also the sense that you are different, an outsider, almost like the Robinson Crusoe or Christopher Columbus notion of being the first person in a new place.
The first year or so on The Daily Show is pretty intense in terms of travel. You're going to the worst places in the country, talking to the craziest people in the world.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
Sally: I'm going to be a great film star! That is, if booze and sex don't get me first.
[first lines] Dante Hicks: [on his cellphone] Yeah, I got a fire at the Quick Stop. Yeah.
[first lines] Vincent: You OK? Airport Man: Yeah, I'm fine mate, don't worry about it.
Bobby: I had my first wet dream in a sleepin' bag. Ed: How was it? Bobby: Great. [pause] Bobby: There's no repeatin' it.
Sir Ector: I remember my first joust. It looks far worse than it feels!
Trautman: [to Teasle, who is equipping himself for a final showdown with Rambo] You're going to die, Teasle. Teasle: Everybody dies.
Detective Rhonda Boney: Well, we have our first clue. [holds an envelope that reads Clue One]
[first lines] Officer at End: Are you Kathy Nicolo? Kathy: Yeah. Officer at End: Is this your house?
Mrs. Pell: You marry the first guy that makes you laugh.
[first lines] Dan: Hey buddy, you don't waste time, do you?
[first lines] Narrator: Mary Dinkle's eyes were the color of muddy puddles. Her birthmark, the color of poo.
Nemo age 16: I'm going to marry the first girl that dances with me tonight.
Woody Grant: I haven't been drinking. Kate Grant: That's what you said on our first date.
[first lines] Nurse Selma: Excuse me. Come on, honey, let's get you ready for bed
