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My key focus is, first of all, to build a company that can exist as an independent company that delivers long-term, durable, sustainable growth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
They tell hikers, first of all, to stay on the marked trails.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
And I'm very, very, thankful that first of all, I'm healthy, had healthy people around me, and in the future, I'm not thinking about what happened in one year.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
"Novak, we played many, many times and every time it's a lesson, first of all," he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
But I was so torn about it, Mal, ’cause first of all he was so gentle and so sweet to me....He said it twice, that I was beautiful.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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