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Moses was the greatest legislator and the commander in chief of perhaps the first liberation army. Elie Wiesel

Army First Liberation Moses Perhaps Greatest Commander Chief Legislator

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager. Frank Robinson

Black First Nice Indians Instead Town Come Cleveland Referred Manager

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. Franz Kafka

Signs First Wish Understanding Beginning Die

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency. Franz Kafka

First Breath Complacency Draw Outburst Vanity Fresh Always After

The first resistance to social change is to say it's not necessary. Gloria Steinem

Politics Change First Say Social Social Change Necessary Resistance

First be best, then be first. Grant Tinker

Best First Then

Science is the first expression of punk, because it doesn't advance without challenging authority. It doesn't make progress without tearing down what was there before and building upon the structure. Greg Graffin

Science Progress Punk First Building Before Down Structure Advance Make Because Without Authority Tearing Expression Challenging

The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him. H. Rap Brown

Teacher Family Knowledge People School Job Responsibility First Muslim Classroom Student He Household Him Himself Masters Within His Begins Closest Convey Acquired Then Teach Who

Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world. Hans Hofmann

Nature Spiritual World Three First Creation Medium Laws Through Absolutely Factors Contact Materials His Dominated Artist Different Which Us Creates Who Works Expression Inner Second Third Inner World

The first thing I do whenever I go to Thailand is seek out the closest restaurant or stall selling mango-and-sticky rice: it's a little hillock of glutinous rice drenched in lashings of coconut milk and served with fresh mango. Hanya Yanagihara

First Out Restaurant Seek First Thing Fresh Go Selling Thailand Closest The First Thing Whenever Little Rice Stall Coconut Milk Served Thing

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything. Harlan Coben

Time Day You Heart World Fear Care Joke First Born About Charlotte Someone Parent More More Than Anything Fact Knew First Child Faint Knowing First Time Real Than Child May Being Anything Suddenly Ever

It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed. Harmon Killebrew

I am generally a very happy and easygoing person. I also believe it's always better to meet people with a smile rather than looking cold, especially when you first meet. It changes everything. Heidi Klum

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. Henry Van Dyke

Personality Progress Independence First Recognition Interdependence Declaration Then

We may not all break the Ten Commandments, but we are certainly all capable of it. Within us lurks the breaker of all laws, ready to spring out at the first real opportunity. Isadora Duncan

Opportunity First Spring Out Ten Laws Ten Commandments Within Ready Real Commandments Real Opportunity May Break Breaker Capable Us Certainly Lurks

It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish. Isaiah Thomas

Selfish People Overcome Care Thought First Become Group Give Take Take Care Opposed Selfless Get Themselves Hard Players

Sometimes I think we live in a world where, even when things are good, people always feel unsatisfied with wherever they are, so I think first I just want to enjoy being happy where I am now and not let my ambition take away from being in the moment. Jacob Whitesides

Good Happy People World Sometimes Good People First Ambition Live Enjoy Think Take Unsatisfied Feel Always Am Just Being Where Want Wherever Being Happy Moment Even Now Away Things

For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza! Jay Leno

For the first time ever I was taking the family on the road. We stayed with my in-laws, which on life's list of experiences ranks right below sitting in a tub full of scissors. Jeff Foxworthy

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction. John Boyd Orr

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