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• The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened.

  Thaksin Shinawatra

  Apology, Government, Firsts

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• Creating Change - The first step to creating any change is deciding what you do want so that you have something to move toward.

  Tony Robbins

  Wise, Moving, Creating

  Tony Robbins (2007). “Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial”, p.124, Simon and Schuster

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• The three most ancient opinions concerning God are Anarchia, Polyarchia, and Monarchia. The first two are the sport of the children of Hellas, and may they continue to be so. For Anarchy is a thing without order; and the Rule of Many is factious, and thus anarchical, and thus disorderly. For both these tend to the same thing, namely disorder; and this to dissolution, for disorder is the first step to dissolution. But Monarchy is what we hold in honor.

  Gregory of Nyssa

  Sports, Children, Order

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• Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons. That is good, as far as it goes, but that isn't all we need to do! Attracting users to free software is not the whole job, just the first step.

  Richard Stallman

  Jobs, People, Today

  "Why 'Free Software' is better than 'Open Source'". www.gnu.org. 1998.

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• Turning a human being into a thing is almost always the first step towards justifying violence against that person.

  Jean Kilbourne

  Violence, Firsts, Steps

  Jean Kilbourne (2012). “Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel”, p.278, Simon and Schuster

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• The rhetoric is the first step, it coarsens attitudes

  Amy Waldman

  Attitude, Firsts, Steps

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• I taught you to take the first step: to learn to believe in belief. And one day you will take the second step and find what is it you believe in.

  Paul Torday

  Believe, One Day, Firsts

  Paul Torday, Susan Howe (2008). “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”, p.323, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Held in the palms of thousands of disgruntled people over the centuries have been ideas worth millions - if they only had taken the first step and then followed through.

  Robert M. Hayes

  Taken, Creativity, Bad Ass

  Robert M. Hayes (1994). “How I Made Millions with Just a Few Simple Ideas!”, Garrett Pub

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• The first step in community organization is community disorganization. The disruption of the present organization is the first step toward community organization. Present arrangements must be disorganized if they are to be displace by new patterns.... All change means disorganization of the old and organization of the new.

  Saul Alinsky

  Mean, Organization, Community

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• Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.

  Alexander Herzen

  Order, Civilization, Slavery

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• When I think of happiness or joy in this life, I begin with some experiences that are simple and basic. I see the expression on the face of a one-year-old taking those first steps. I think of a child loving a puppy or a kitten. If the more mature have not dulled their physical or spiritual sensitivities by excess or disuse, they can also experience joy in what is simple and basic.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Spiritual, Children, Simple

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• Understanding the often unconscious nature of genetic control is the first step toward understanding that—in many realms, not just sex—we’re all puppets, and our best hope for even partial liberation is to try to decipher the logic of the puppeteer.

  Robert Wright

  Sex, Understanding, Trying

  Robert Wright (2010). “The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology”, p.48, Vintage

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• Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.

  Patrick Ewing

  Doors, Firsts, Steps

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• Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple act of attention.

  Daniel Goleman

  Simple, Compassion, Empathy

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• Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

  Denis Diderot

  Religion, Atheism, Firsts

  "The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations". Book by Norbert Gutermam, 1963.

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• Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process

  Issey Miyake

  Cutting, Buttons, Use

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• Knowing where you are going is the first step to getting there.

  Ken Blanchard

  Knowing, Steps, Firsts

  Ken Blanchard (2010). “The Heart of a Leader”, p.182, David C Cook

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• The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Tolerance, Firsts, Steps

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• Awareness-mindfulness-is the first step in healing. In Counterclockwise, Dr. Ellen Langer eloquently describes how becoming more aware of our beliefs and expectations allows us to powerfully transform our lives for the better. A pioneering, beautifully-written book.

  Dean Ornish

  Book, Healing, Expectations

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• You know what mom told me once? She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recognize the same evil in ourselves, so we're able to forgive them.

  Veronica Roth

  Mom, Evil, Forgiving

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• Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.

  William Bridges

  New Beginnings, Wish, May

  William Bridges (2004). “Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes”, p.164, Da Capo Press

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• Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.

  Socrates

  Ignorance, Admitting, Firsts

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• [Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial visions that focus energy effectively often address immediate problems. What matters is engagement in the service of a larger purpose rather than lofty aspirations that paralyze action. Indeed, it's a dangerous trap to believe that we can pursue onlhy "great visions."

  Peter Senge

  Believe, Mean, What Matters

  Peter Senge, C. Scharmer (2011). “Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society”, p.127, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• It's never too late to realize your ambitions. Take the first step by daring to dream big dreams. Then have the confidence to take a few risks and make those dreams a reality. You'll be glad you did.

  Donald MacRae

  Dream, Ambition, Reality

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• Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

  Solomon

  God, Noses, Thumbs

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