I had worked on dogs for a couple of years developing a renal transplant operation. We had dogs running around with kidneys we had transplanted back into themselves.
I saved everything, all my gear over the years: my trench coats and stuff that I have saved. It is all packed away nicely and neatly in vacuum-sealed bags and all that stuff.
I gave up writing for seven years (very biblical) and picked it up again, still clueless and still seeking the exotic, when I was twenty-one.
If everything else falls apart and I'm broke, in 20 years I'll still be able to do 'Twin Peaks' conventions.
I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.
I served in the state Senate for six years with retiring Gov. John Lynch. During that time, we had the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the country.
I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.
I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.
Sixteen years on the road is long enough. Twenty years is unthinkable.
I was unwelcome in the U.S. for four years.
I've been vegan for over 20 years, but I started as a vegetarian and grew into veganism in between.
For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused.
One of the reasons I chose Tufts is that they have one of the best veterinary schools in the country. Since I was six years old, I wanted to be a veterinarian.
It's very easy to vilify someone when they're objectified. The right wing did it to Nancy Pelosi for years and years and years.
I started voice lessons when I was eight years old.
I've wept for Haiti a thousand times over the years since my first trip during the Duvalier reign.
Humor starts like a wildfire, but then continues on, smoldering, smoldering for years.
Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.
We moved to Zimbabwe when I was five, some years after Zimbabwe had gained independence.