#early

The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#ballads #border #clearly #heroic #hood

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.' ↗

— Joey Adams

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I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else. ↗

— Scott Adams

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But when I felt like I had something to prove? Then I got up early every morning and worked all day long. I didn't know if I had any more talent than anyone else directing, but I knew I could work hard at it, and so I did. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#any #anyone #could #day #did

People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now... I love it. ↗

— Danny Aiello

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I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

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So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on. ↗

— Luther Allison

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I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s. ↗

— Tori Amos

#feeling #felt #happy #i #late

Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page one. Some are more reality-based. ↗

— Gillian Anderson

#disbelief #early #i #more #obvious

I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it. ↗

— Julie Andrews

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