Firsts Quotes - Page 39

• Desert Storm was a war which involved the massive use of air power and a victory achieved by the U.S. and multinational air force units. It was also the first war in history in which air power was used to defeat ground forces.

  Merrill McPeak

  Military, War, Air

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• Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that, of all the allies, it was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army.

  William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

  Military, Army, Land

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• The world is witnessing first hand, live on television, the hearts ofAmerican warriors - and the spirit and pride only displayed by magnificent young men and women who are volunteers in the fight for the cause of freedom. Its all about heart.

  Ada F Kay

  Military, Heart, Fighting

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• Some of the same self-certified smart people, who preached about mushroom clouds and weapons of mass destruction, are once again trying to stampede us into war. They seem to think only with their guns. To those who want to shoot first and ask questions later in Iraq, I join in a firm 'No!' We've been there and done that, and America is still paying for their past failure.

  Lloyd Doggett

  Military, War, Smart

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• Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Nba Championships, Philadelphia

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• It's about time that we create first class citizenship for every American plain and simple. Every New Jersey-ian. This should not be a popular vote. This is something we should do now.

  Cory Booker

  Gay, Simple, Popular Vote

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• We'll be getting rid of these people here... First, Mr. Samir Naga... Naga... Naga... Not gonna work here anymore, anyway.

  Bob Porter

  Office Space, People, Space Movie

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• Some writers, rejecting the idea which science had reached, that reefs of rocks could be due in any way to "animalcules," have talked of electrical forces, the first and last appeal of ignorance.

  James Dwight Dana

  Ignorance, Science, Rocks

  James Dwight Dana (1872). “Corals and Coral Islands”, p.17

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• At the age of three I began to look around my grandfather's library. My first knowledge of astronomy came from reading and looking at pictures at that time. By the time I was six I remember him buying books for me. ... I think I was eight, he bought me a three-inch telescope on a brass mounting. ... So, as far back as I can remember, I had an early interest in science in general, astronomy in particular.

  Jesse L. Greenstein

  Book, Reading, Knowledge

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• My first word for the New Year was 'exsanguinate.' This was probably not a good omen.

  Charlaine Harris

  New Year, Years, Good Omens

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.790, Penguin

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• Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and likes to save, says it would be only 200 million.

  Norman Thomas

  War, People, Likes

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• Those who declared librarians obsolete when the Internet rage first appeared are now red-faced. We need them more than ever. The Internet is full of 'stuff' but its value and readability is often questionable. 'Stuff' doesn't give you a competitive edge, high-quality related information does.

  Patricia Schroeder

  Giving, Library, Quality

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• Running for money doesn't make you run fast. It makes you run first.

  Ben Jipcho

  Sports, Running

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• If a working class Englishman saw a bloke drive past in a Rolls-Royce, he'd say to himself "Come the social revolution and we'll take that away from you, mate". Whereas if his American counterpart saw a bloke drive past in a Cadillac he'd say "One day I'm going to own one of those". To my way of thinking the first attitude is wrong. The latter is right.

  Kerry Packer

  Encouragement, Attitude, Thinking

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• To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Encouragement, Smoking, Want

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• The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.

  Natalie Babbitt

  Summer, Spring, Sunset

  Natalie Babbitt (2015). “Tuck Everlasting”, p.3, Macmillan

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• If the first of July it be rainy weather,
  'Twill rain more or less for four weeks together.

  John Ray

  Summer, Rain, July

  "A Complete Collection of English Proverbs".

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• When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.

  Hal Moore

  Leadership, Niece, Flirting

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• I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one's actions.

  Kevin Costner

  Horse, Fighting, Sight

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• I will vote for the first candidate who promises to use nuclear missiles against LinkedIn.

  Dave Barry

  Witty, Technology, Promise

  Twitter post from Jan 23, 2012

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• The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.

  Rick Riordan

  Mom, Daughter, Children

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• I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Crush, Girl, Kissing

  Maureen O'Hara, John Nicoletti (2005). “'Tis Herself: An Autobiography”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• I had to have my first kiss in front of, like, a hundred people. I didn't know what to do. So my sisters told me to, like, practice on a pillow, you know? But it didn't kiss me back so I didn't know what to expect.

  Lacey Chabert

  Kissing, Practice, People

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

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• The first kiss between two people is something really good in life.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Kissing, Two, People

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• The Kiss scene was attempted three times. The first was in a peculiar spot of the fort on the ground level. It felt forced to me, and I knew right away that, in spite of what others were saying, it was dead wrong.

  Madeleine Stowe

  Kissing, Kiss Me, Peculiar

  "Back from the Wilderness ... Miss Cora Munro". Mohican Press Interview, 2005.

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