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With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.

~Aaron Sorkin

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The first thing I wrote was a one-act play that got accepted at a one-act play festival, and I was in it along with Nathan Lane and a couple of other very good actors.

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: Accepted Actor Along Couple Festival First First Thing Good Good Actors Got Lane Other Play The First Thing Thing Very Wrote

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Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: Always Anything Anything Else Else First Good Good Story Story Thought West West Wing Whether Wing

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First scenes are super-important to me. I'll spend months and months pacing and climbing the walls trying to come up with the first scene. I drive for hours on the freeway.

~Aaron Sorkin

Topics: Climbing Come Drive First Hours Me Months Pacing Scene Scenes Spend Trying Up Walls

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Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl.

~Aaron Spelling

Topics: African-American Always Come Doing First First Time Girl Guy He How Kissed Mention Never Nowadays People Proud Say Show Shows Squad Time Very White Young

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I was around computers from birth; we had one of the first Macs, which came out shortly before I was born, and my dad ran a company that wrote computer operating systems. I don't think I have any particular technical skills; I just got a really large head start.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Any Around Before Birth Born Came Company Computer Computers Dad First Got Had Head Head Start Just Large Operating Out Particular Ran Really Skills Start Systems Technical Think Which Wrote I Was Born

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Seriously, who really cares how long the Nile river is, or who was the first to discover cheese? How is memorizing that ever going to help anyone? Instead, we need to give kids projects that allow them to exercise their minds and discover things for themselves.

~Aaron Swartz

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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.

~Aaron Swartz

Topics: Came Face First He Met Speak Stanford Wales Wikipedia

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'Rent' was my first professional job, ever.

~Aaron Tveit

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It was improv that really helped me start coming up with recipes and just believe in my instincts. That's why the first recipe I made up was 'I Ain't Chicken Chicken' because I finally felt bold and fearless in the kitchen, which was an entirely new feeling for me.

~Aarti Sequeira

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