As all my friends said, ‘Linda, enjoy this time.’ It wasn’t enjoyable the first time because they’re were too many questions. But I think I’ve lived a solid life. You can look at who I’ve been, good, bad or indifferent.
Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the same way I had cold-called Neiman Marcus, Saks, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale’s here in the United States.
My first account was Neiman Marcus. I cold-called them just like I had cold-called businesses when I was selling fax machines for seven years.
Knowing where you are going is the first step to getting there.
Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.
Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly – at first.
I think it’s always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.
It was so incredible to be able to get the opportunity to make my own first album. I never expected to do that.
It’s that first step-getting out the door-that’s the toughest. If you can do that, you’ve already won.
First Rule of Acting: Whatever happens, look as if it were intended.
The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules – the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
You must first be willing to fail – and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.
The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.
Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972.
My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood.
I have always felt an excellent rapport ever since my very first concert in Britain at Hampton Court. I have always felt understood. The British understand opera very well.
The Initial Mystery that attends any journey is: how did the traveler reach his starting point in the first place?
Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action.
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.
It is well known that “problem avoidance” is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.