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The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.

Sarah Silverman

Time

First

Summer

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.

He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.

Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing.

Joe Shuster

Delight

First

Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet. He put the superhero in ordinary, familiar surroundings, instead of the other way around, as was done in most science fiction. That was the first time I can recall that it had ever been done.

I think initially we wanted to use the first letter of the character's name. We thought S was perfect.

Our first responsibility is to protect the American people and we cannot put on blinders to expect that everyone who seeks asylum does so in good faith.

I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.

And my rookie contract, my first rookie contract was for $5,000.

Don Shula

First

However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.

I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with these eager students. There was a shortage of teachers, and they had been without a math teacher for six months. They were so excited to learn math.

If you can get a teen leader in each sector of a student population, you can pull people in. Everybody wants to get involved, but most are too afraid. When they see a person they think is cool leading it, they're first to join.

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.