The FIRST THING that strikes a visitor to PARIS is a TAXI.

The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her SHORT stature. The SECOND is her INTENSITY.

I was reading some books by Michel Houellebecq, and the FIRST thing that comes to mind is that they're REALLY funny, all the WAYS they describe the most DEPRESSING THINGS.

I wasn't trying to be FAMOUS when I STARTED MAKING music. I mean, that wasn't the FIRST THING I wanted.

I ALWAYS do my training session first THING in the MORNING. After that, I'll TAKE four EGGS for breakfast, along with spinach and avocado.

It was a very difficult TIME, 1984. 'Happy Days' ended. I said, 'There's no way I can be a PRODUCER.' My attorney said, 'You'll LEARN.' The first thing we sold was the 'MacGyver' television series. We SHOT 139 episodes between 1985 and 1992.

I ALWAYS chug TASTE Nirvana REAL Coconut Water FIRST thing in the morning, even THOUGH I don't particularly like the taste of coconut water in general.

I've been talking to certain wrestlers on the phone lately, and certain female wrestlers that were huge stars TEN years ago, and the first thing I ask them is 'do you still want to WORK?' Do they want to TALK, or do they want to WRESTLE or do SOMETHING else in the business?

The first THING I did that was at all in the public EYE, other than on stage, was 'Oz,' in which I played the HEAD of the Aryan Brotherhood in a maximum-security prison.

The first thing I TELL women is this: They think that CODING or being in any COMPUTER field is very solitary, very solemn, that you're just set off in a cubicle SOMEWHERE and it's not social and it's not creative. I would tell them that it's the furthest from the truth.

The FIRST thing I do in the EDITING ROOM is the 'radio edit,' where you listen to the dialogue and don't even look at the visuals. The RHYTHM, the music of the comedy, has to work.

But when I lived as a monk, SOLITUDE is often spoken of as a strength. And so the first THING I'd recommend is finding one thing that you can do every SINGLE day that brings you joy. It may be reading a book you love. It may be LOOKING at a beautiful piece of art.

There's rarely a big hat. I think all those THINGS are great, but I'm boring in that I just use sunscreen every DAY. I don't mess AROUND. I put it on first thing. I have it on now, and I'm SITTING INSIDE.

I am not crazy about bags or watches. For me, anywhere I GO for a HOLIDAY or for WORK, the FIRST thing that I go and buy are shoes.