#earliest

We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect. ↗

— Sissela Bok

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It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest age is that they are wrong. ↗

— Robert Kagan

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Correcting it, I don't know; just shedding the light of day on it is a first major step, being one of the earliest generations not to just accept the words. ↗

— Paul Kantner

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Horses and mules, and even sail cars, made more rapid progress than did the earliest locomotive. ↗

— John Moody

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From my earliest days I have enjoyed an attractive impediment in my speech. I have never permitted the use of the word stammer. I can't say it myself. ↗

— Patrick Campbell

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My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced they may have been by other people, even my earliest paintings were recognisably my own. ↗

— Julian Schnabel

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But in terms of satire and comedy, our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine. ↗

— Jerry Zucker

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I never ever believed that I would be able to give up on this dream which has driven me to live, breathe, love and embrace the game of rugby from the earliest days that I can remember. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

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When I was four, we moved to the house on the west side of Chicago where I grew up. My earliest memories are of that first summer. ↗

— Hugh Hefner

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My earliest acting memory is making up a play for my mom and dad called The Lonesome Baby. I have no idea what The Lonesome Baby was about. I just remember the title. But I'm sure it was an epic. ↗

— Jane Horrocks

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