What is my task? First of all, my task is to be pleasing to Christ. To be empty of self and be filled with Himself. To be filled with the Holy Spirit; to be led by the Holy Spirit.
You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination.
Self-parody is the first portent of age.
My top three priorities for my first term in Congress are growing our economy; providing for quality, affordable health care; and keeping our nation and communities safe.
The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare.
The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way.
Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.
Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist.
We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.
You can't listen to what people who aren't musical have to say. When Anytime was released, I had bad reviews, and at first I was hurt. Your songs are like your children. You don't want to hear, 'Your kid is ugly.' But I knew the record was good and it would sell.
I'd never played a cop before, and this particular role with what she is going thru, especially during the first season, covering her alcoholism to her on the job performance, was a great opportunity for me as an actress.
I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product.
I was the first voice of Baltimore television in 1947.
When you make work, your goal might not be first and foremost to have as many people as possible see it, but it might be more about honing your craft as a storyteller or making art, but, there's no doubt about it, you want lots of people to see it.
Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years.