I was probably 15 when I started going to the studio with the older cats in my neighborhood. They HEARD me rap OUTSIDE one TIME; I was just freestyling. And they invited me to the studio. It's good when you're accepted, no MATTER what crowd. That's the FIRST step of believing you can do whatever you feel like putting your mind to.

The FIRST STEP... SHALL be to LOSE the WAY.

I try to focus on more WINNING matches here and try to go forward rather than the RANKING because is the FIRST step, to win matches, getting far in TOURNAMENT, and we SEE after.

All too often, the pitchmen are selling the NOTION that if you GAIN 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own STOCKS and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to RICHES.

In the immediate POSTWAR years, the WHOLE of Europe was in a recession. So FIRST of all, it helped us STEP out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step.

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a FIRST step TOWARD a FINAL settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and NEARLY all of the West Bank.

We can UNDERSTAND both our nature and our NURTURE, but understanding is only the FIRST step.

The FIRST STEP in FORGIVENESS is the WILLINGNESS to FORGIVE.

So, the first step to opening a restaurant is, don't. Opening a restaurant is a SERIES of putting out FIRES every SINGLE day. I mean, EVEN once you're open, it's still a series of putting out fires. Step one: don't.

HISTORICALLY, almost EVERY cookbook and chef have taught that when you're cooking a piece of MEAT, the first STEP should be searing.

I don't know what I'm GOING to do with my LAW degree. HOPEFULLY I'll get the law degree - that's the FIRST step.

PRIDE is the FIRST STEP in PEOPLE unraveling and companies unraveling and RELATIONSHIPS unraveling.

ELECTION security is the first step to having FREE, FAIR, and open elections.

I feel like I am nowhere near perfect and I have my really ROUGH DAYS and my really off days, but I think being aware of it is the FIRST step to helping yourself.

We were MAKING the FIRST step out of the age of CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS, and into the age of biology.