Hardly anybody realizes that the first couple of chapters of 'Coming Apart' were basically a recapitulation of the argument in 'The Bell Curve.' That's how little people focused on 'The Bell Curve's' real message.
The first rock stars were incredibly theatrical. Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley - they were theater artists.
We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.
I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.
In 1985, as a community activist and GLC councillor, I organised the first ever public meeting to explain the threat of a third runway at Heathrow airport for my local community.
Microsoft has built a closed platform-within-a-platform into Windows 10 as the first apparent step towards locking down the consumer PC ecosystem and monopolising app distribution and commerce.
When I first went to Fitzroy Lodge, I said I was going to be heavyweight champion of the world and retire when I was 30. This is when I was 10.
The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do.
It seems that, every several months, you have to expect there is going to be a terrorist incident or that there could be a terrorist incident somewhere. Right away, you're thinking, 'What are the consequences? Is this the first part of a larger attack? Is it coordinated, or a lone wolf?'
Ever since I first started acting I've wanted to have a long career.
My first job was to run a concessions cart. Later, I found a position at the Pacific Film Archive. Thus began a long series of jobs, each one slightly better than the last, that continued for a decade, until I sold my first novel, and still goes on, even now.
The Longs event was the first LPGA event that I played in 8 years ago.
I first heard of Ulver reading the 'Lords of Chaos' book.
Second place is just the first place loser.
One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.
I believe in love at first sight and hindsight.
I don't believe in love at first sight.
The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.
Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.
The first TV show I worked on was with the guys from 'Little Britian,' Matt Lucas and David Walliams, who did a show in 1995 I directed, 'Mash and Peas.'
