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«People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. ... For the first time in her life, she's happy.»
«Minor things can become moments of great revelation when encountered for the first time»
Author: Margot Fonteyn
(Dancer)
| Keywords:
encountered, first moment, for the first time, minor, revelation
«Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.»
Author: Charlotte Bronte
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aromatic, corrode, corroded, corrodes, corroding, flavor, for the first time, metallic, poisoned, racy, sensation, Swallowing, tasted, vengeance
«In my plays I want to look at life - at the commonplace of existence-as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time.»
Author: Christopher Fry
(Writer)
| About:
Life,
Play
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commonplace, for the first time, run into
«I want to look at life - at the commonplaces of existence - as if we had just turned a corner and run into it for the first time»
«No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.»
Author: Hannah Arendt
(Philosopher, Political scientist)
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appeared, commission, commissioned, Commissions, Commission on, crimes, Crime and Punishment, deterrence, emergence, for the first time, initial, initialed, initials, on the contrary, possessed, reappearance, specific, the commission
«No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.»
Author: James Arthur Baldwin
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
for the first time, happen, happening, happenings, possibly
«Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.»
Author: Robert Orben
| About:
Inflation
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bringing, for the first time, inflation, in history, luxuries, necessities, selling
«I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.»
«Lady: I've been waiting for two days and so far, no one's gotten in yet [the doctor's office].Samantha: I was once told I wouldnt' be able to get backstage to see Mick Jagger. Well I did get backstage...and I blew him. [Silence] Excuse me... I don't know if this is an appropriate question to ask...Lady: I think we passed appropriate a few seconds ago. Samantha: What kind of cancer do you have?Lady: Breast. Samantha: Breast! Me too. I'm curious...Do you have children?Lady: I'm a nun. Samantha: You have none. Lady: No, no, no...I AM a nun. But that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy your Mick Jagger story. Samantha: I thought that nuns had to wear...Lady: Oh, I haven't worn a habbit in years. Samantha: So then...you don't have sex? Lady: No. Samantha: Never had sex?Lady: No. Samantha: Ohh. [thoughtful silence] Just one more. Lady: Go right ahead. Samantha: Are you allowed to masturbate?Lady: [thinking] I never asked. But thanks for getting my mind off cancer for the first time in a week. Samantha: Happy to help.»
Author: Sex and the City
(TV series)
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