It has been possible to trace historically back to a very early age the taxes which were imposed on medicines, spices and similar substances in German towns. Thus, for instance, one finds that in the year 1500, thirteen, in 1540, thirty-eight, and in 1708, already one hundred and twenty vegetable oils are mentioned.
I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.
When I was born, my mother was very disappointed. She wanted a son. I knew that from a very early age. So I was a tomboy.
I came up with Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Those guys, they took me under their wing at an early age.
Since an early age I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could.
I was equally in love with singing and acting from an early age.
I must confess, I was born at a very early age.
I think at an early age I learned not to judge people.
From an early age, I was very interested in all things fashion… and the change from tomboy to ultrafeminine glamour in old films. There was a Doris Day film I loved: ‘Calamity Jane.’
I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels.
We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn’t really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don’t have the money.
I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It’s a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you’ll get there.
My father was from the South and turned me into a news junkie at a very early age. I would sit and watch TV with him.
When I was a little boy, I was fascinated by the way my dad used to laugh at the telly, and from a very early age, I had an idea of what was funny and why people laughed.
I kind of picked up the game at an early age. The way that other kids would learn what a fork or a spoon is.
You can’t legislate or litigate good, healthy behavior but we must be willing to educate people at an early age about the affects of unhealthy living.
I was a young boy when I met the Surrealists and the Dadaists. I admired them, and that is what they taught me: to admire. Admiration is very important. People who are unable to admire others lose an important part of their soul. My soul developed from a very early age through encounters with admired people.
Doing what we can to repair the world was instilled in me from an early age. I will never forget my siblings and me knitting squares for blankets to be sent to the troops during World War II. This was an inspiration from my mother.
Being gay, you’re kind of forced to ask, I suppose, very existential questions from a very, very early age. Your identity becomes so important to you because you’re trying to understand it, and, I think, from the age of, like, 9, you’re being forced to ask questions… that other kids maybe don’t have to ask.
The thing about talent is that it comes at different ages, sometimes at a very early age. That’s when I find it to be the most challenging.
Eleven years old is not an early age to set your sight on the Olympics for a gymnast, because we normally peak in high school. I first qualified for the Olympics team during my sophomore year in high school, when I was 15 years old.
I was inspired to be a singer/songwriter from an early age.
I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.
From a very early age, I was in tune with pop radio, and most of this listening was done driving. We had an old ’67 or ’65 Buick LeSabre, and whenever we would drive around, I would actually stick my head right against the speakers in the back and sing along to the music.
From a very early age, as far back as I can remember, I always played sports.
That desire to win is something that’s drummed into you at an early age in my country. In Argentina, you grow up watching great teams and important victories.
I was interested in science or, at least, nature from an early age, learning the names of planets, cutting cartoons with facts about animals out of the newspaper and gluing them into a scrapbook, and, with a friend when I was five or six, trying to design a submarine.
