First you have to be self-aware, and decide on what you want to be a habit.

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First you need to serve your apprenticeship under the supervision of a licensed broker.

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The way I see it, first you put out the fire and then you worry about what caused it.

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First you need to install the free Google Books app and the Chrome Internet browser.

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First you have to tell her several times your name and that you're there to protect her.

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The S4 can be that, but first you must figure out how to hide all its gimmicks.

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But first you have to get the frog to plop into the pan.

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First you need to decide on a specific field, and start doing research.

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First you had the controversial drop from Tiger Woods while he held a share of the lead in the tournament.

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If at first you do not succeed one year, you can also enter in the next year and try again.

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But first you must have a Roth to draw upon, and that's why the changes mentioned above are so important.

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First you connect one of these HomePlug devices to a broadband modem or router and then into a wall socket.

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At first you have to fight the Pennsylvania hillbillies, but eventually you find your footing and they leave you alone.

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First you need to understand exactly what you are holding in the investment and this is more complicated than it looks.

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First you need to drum up support for the idea, then you need to persuade someone to fund a proper study.

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However, first you have to know where you are in order to change the trajectory of your career, life, and outcome.

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First you need to set up a scoreboard with categories running from 20 down to 12 and doubles, trebles, bulls and beds.

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At first you think about it every day, then you think about it every six weeks and then every six months and so on.

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To understand this line of thought, first you have to look to the past failures of WMC and the trends in the PC marketplace.

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"You can use software to plan the journey, but first you need to know where you're headed, " says Birmingham, Ala. fee-only planner Charles Haines Jr.

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First you have the writer equating shale oil with Bitumen.

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First you get a progressive Board of Aldermen in New Haven.

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First you could view a page for individual photos from any browser, and in November it added profile pages that displayed all of a user's images.

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First you'll be asked to draw a portrait of yourself.

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First you have to get people to accept new information.

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First you pick a specific tree from one of over a dozen olive groves scattered across the eastern coast of central Italy, in the Le Marche and Abruzzo regions.

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First you figure your tax the regular way, and then under the AMT at a rate of up to 28% on a broad base of income that excludes many tax breaks.

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First you turn to the graph on five-year returns.

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But first you have to find the fundamental principles.

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If at first you do succeed, try, try again!

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