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• I remember the first time I received a cassette tape of a band called The Clash. I became an instant fan of the Clash and then bought their albums after that and went to their concerts and gave them my money... but I first got it for free.

  Michael Moore

  Firsts, Fans, Albums

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• What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.

  Alanis Morissette

  Moving On, Break Up, Breakup

  "'I've been a thorn in people's sides just by existing'". Interview with Lucy O'Brien, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2008.

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• When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!

  Viggo Mortensen

  New York, Cities, Spain

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• The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.

  Kate Moss

  House, Firsts, I Realized

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

  Bill Moyers

  Firsts, Monopoly, Theology

  "On Bush, the Dems, Jon Stewart, Hunter Thompson, Bill Moyers, and King (not Don)" by John Cusack, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2005.

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• When I was in high school, The Dave Matthews Band was a local band, and that was the first time I was starting to connect with a live band that was something that wasn't on the radio or TV.

  Jason Mraz

  School, Band, Radio

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• I believe I can even yet remember when I saw the stars for the first time.

  Max Muller

  Stars, Believe, Saws

  Max Muller (1912). “Memories”

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• Yes, now I understood for the first time that my soul was not so poor and empty as it had seemed to me, and that it had been only the sun that was lacking to open all its germs, and buds to the light.

  Max Muller

  Light, Soul, Bud

  Max Muller (1912). “Memories”

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• It's important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it's been possible, and that window could be open for a long time - hopefully it is - or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.

  Elon Musk

  Years, Long, Important

  "Uberpreneurs: How to Create Innovative Global Businesses and Transform Human Societies". Book by Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood, December 8, 2013.

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• The first time I met Bill Clinton was actually 1988.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Bills, Firsts, Clinton

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• I really enjoyed working on the 2009 film, 'Aliens in the Attic,' because it was shot in New Zealand and I got to visit there for the first time.

  Kevin Nealon

  Firsts, Aliens, Film

  "Paul Mann: Master Comedian Kevin Nealon Talks About His Career, Tour". Interview with L. Paul Mann, www.noozhawk.com. January 13, 2012.

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• The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite.

  Willie Nelson

  Years, Church, Firsts

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• I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

  Jack Nicholson

  Congratulations, Firsts, Understood

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• It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

  Chuck Norris

  Art, School, Korea

  "Chuck Norris: Against All Odds". Interview with Scott Ross, www.cbn.com.

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• When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want.

  Edward Norton

  Ideas, Creative, Want

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. October 6, 2010.

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• For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Moving, Thinking

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.65, PublicAffairs

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• When you're 16 or 17, I think like most people that age, the first time you experience certain things in life, whether it's heartbreak or death or love, obviously it's going to seem like a much bigger deal.

  Conor Oberst

  Thinking, Things In Life, People

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• Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.

  Robert Orben

  Luxury, Democracy, Firsts

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• Right from the first time we went to America in 1968, Led Zeppelin was a word-of-mouth thing. You can't really compare it to how it is today.

  Jimmy Page

  America, Zeppelins, Mouths

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Today, for the first time in history, a Bishop of Rome sets foot on English soil. This fair land, once a distant outpost of the pagan world, has become, through the preaching of the Gospel, a beloved and gifted portion of Christ's vineyard.

  Pope John Paul II

  Feet, Rome, Land

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• I love hearing my song on the radio the first time, but when it comes on again, I change the station. I already have so much of the spotlight on me. I don't need any more.

  Katy Perry

  Song, Needs, Spotlight

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• You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.

  Bernadette Peters

  Girl, Baby, Boys

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail... and I'd never heard it before in my life.

  Bernice Johnson Reagon

  Jail, Voice, Movement

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• From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change, but very incrementally. I think I prefer that to some big explosion of fame all of the sudden.

  John C. Reilly

  Thinking, People, Firsts

  "John C. Reilly, with Jake Kasdan". Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. December 25, 2007.

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• The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

  Alan Rickman

  New York, Eight, Rocks

  "'CBGB' was never on Alan Rickman's 'Agenda' - now he's the boss"by Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 11, 2013.

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