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“When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.”

Years Film Actors Father Left Company Six Seven University Relief Waking Documentaries Seven Years Documentary Films

Author:Sam Neill

“After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws.”

Ifs Trying Said Stills Fighting Left Advice Battle Seven Eagles Pompey

Book:Plutarch's Morals

Source: Plutarch's Morals

“It is not quite the same when we are seventy-two as when we are twenty-seven; still I am glad of what is left, and wish we might both hold out till the victory we have sought is won, but all the same the victory is coming. In the aftertime the world will be the better for it.”

World Stills Two Might Left Wish Victory Twenties Seven Glad Seventies

Author:Lucy Stone

“I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.”

Years War Whole Left Seven Seven Years Somalia Whole Year

Author:Barkhad Abdi

“For twenty-seven years I was witness to the spiritual deterioration of my own father, watching day after day how everything human in him left him and how gradually he turned into a grim monument to his own self.”

Years Humans Self Spiritual Father Left My Own Twenties Seven Russia Witness Seven Years Monument Grim Deterioration

Book:Only One Year

Source: Only One Year

“I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the plane. It had seven or eight songs in it. After that, I'm not writing any more songs on notebooks - and I keep my Blackberry close!”

Writing Song Left Crazy Seven Albums Eight Flight Planes Notebook Brazil Blackberries

Author:Estelle