#years

I got started when I was 3 years old because my father was a music teacher and my lessons were free. Instead of learning to walk, you learn to play the piano. ↗

— Carla Bley

#father #free #got #i #instead

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#ashamed #beautiful #being #being beautiful #dropping

You can't really achieve anything in three years. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#anything #really #three #years #you

The tribulation period is seven years, and when the signing of the covenant occurs, people who know the Bible and take it literally will know that, seven years later, Christ is going to come in His power and glory. ↗

— Tim LaHaye

#christ #come #covenant #glory #going

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#i #jumped #only #scary #two

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#i #joe #lasted #over #spent

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force. ↗

— William Bligh

#any #attempt #cape #considerable #considerably

I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later years had its origin in the experiences of our youth and in the hopes and wishes which were formed before and during our time as students. ↗

— Felix Bloch

#able #achieve #agree #am #before

The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#always #because #become #class #collections

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#could #english #english teacher #growing #growing up