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CRAIG BRUCE Benjamin Franklin said the first thing you have to sell is yourself.
JOE LAUINGER The time is always right for the right thing.
DEBASISH MRIDHA And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing.
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DONALD TRUMP The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
KARL LAGERFELD But Basquiat is the first thing I've done that I'm really proud of.
CLAIRE FORLANI The first thing I'll do if elected is demand a recount.
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CHUCK CLOSE Because that's the thing they sell.
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GARY F EVANS... They (the stores) don't have to be totally upscale, but we need some better things.
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GARY F EVANS... The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.
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ZIG ZIGLAR Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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FLUME The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.
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JAMES STOCKDALE The first thing I put down on paper is a storyboard, like a film director.
ANTHONY BROWNE The first thing I do when I get back to my hometown, San Antonio, is eat Whataburger.
AUSTIN MAHONE The first thing I did when my career started moving was to buy a small house.
FREDDIE PRINZE, JR. He has the contacts to get the job done. We need fewer liquor stores and more grocery stores.
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HAYDEN ALLRED until we do what has not yet been done, what has not been done shall remain undone
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