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Half Years Quotes

Moments measured in years and a half.

These quotes mark specific stretches of time, from a stint training under a choreographer to a long run on a well-loved TV series. Pair them with Duration quotes for more on measuring time spent.

I was associated with Shaimak Davar for three and a half years and learnt a lot from him.

Quotes by Vikrant Massey

I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me...

Quotes by Taran Killam

I wouldn't want anyone to go through what my mam did - she was ill for two and a half years with breast cancer that moved to her spine, and died in 1998, when she was 51.

Quotes by Ronan Keating

Oracle was I had started it I guess two and a half years ago, maybe even longer than that, closer to three.

Quotes by Robert Rauschenberg

Change Quotes

As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and...

Quotes by Robert Jarvik

I never had a job. I bought my first house within a year of getting out of school, and I built a custom one four and a half years later. The Art Center didn't teach much about business, but I...

Quotes by Richard MacDonald

In Delhi, I became a serious stage actor. Then, luckily, the FTII acting course began, and I studied there, spent some time working on my craft. In 2008, I moved to Mumbai, and then in one and a half years...

Quotes by Rajkummar Rao

My first published novel, 'American Rust,' took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.

Quotes by Philipp Meyer

And I think people who sort of glibly say, 'Well, you know, they're not going to handle security, UAE is a great ally,' four and a half years ago, they were not an ally, they were working with the enemy,...

Quotes by Peter T. King

Duration Quotes

One of the best things - and something I'm grateful for every time I walk onto a film set - is my six and a half years on Dawson's Creek and the experience it afforded me in how to get...

Quotes by Michelle Williams

I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but it's wrong. In five and a half years in politics up north, no one really bothered to criticize...

Quotes by Michael Ignatieff

I didn't finish high school - left home when I was 15. I moved away to Fresno and worked as a grocery clerk. I went to college part-time at California State Fresno, and then ended up finishing in two and...

Quotes by Joy Covey

I've been through a lot, both personally and professionally, and the album that I started to record two and a half years ago is a different album from the one that exists today. I even changed the album title. First...

Quotes by JoJo

First and foremost, when I think of him - I'm prejudiced; I worked for the guy for six and a half years - when I think of him, I think of him first and foremost as an idea politician.

Quotes by John Podesta

Emotion Quotes

I therefore set to work, and after two and a half years of not inconsiderable labour I now have the privilege and the satisfaction of accompanying the early volumes of the series with this preface.

Quotes by James Loeb

My dad wanted me to be a professional person, which I was - I was a civil engineer. I graduated from civil engineering at USC in California. I became an engineer, and I helped design the roads for the L.A....

Quotes by James Hong

During these two and a half years that have followed the war, the most urgent problem we have encountered was: to activate the public enterprises, to bring them up to the level that international markets demand and we are just...

Quotes by Ibrahim Rugova

I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind.

Quotes by Gyorgy Ligeti

I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New York to be an actor. And then seven years later, I got my first job.

Quotes by Gene Hackman

Measurement Quotes

I starved and slept on park benches. I wrapped myself in the pages of my manuscript to keep warm. For two and a half years I took odd jobs; nothing was going to deter me.

Quotes by Gary Jennings

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of milestones do these quotes describe?
They cover mentorship, career-building, and personal growth, such as training time under a choreographer or a long run working steadily on a well-known show.
Is there a quote about finishing school?
Yes, one speaker describes leaving school early, taking a retail job, and eventually completing a degree on a slower, part-time schedule after a nontraditional path.
Do any quotes mention a specific show or project?
Yes, one speaker looks back gratefully on a long run on a well-loved show, crediting it with teaching them comfort while performing.
Is there humor in any of these reflections?
Yes, one line jokes about a long stretch of unsuccessful comedy attempts the speaker has no plan to repeat, showing a lighter side to marking time this way.
What other pages relate to these time-based quotes?
Browse Duration quotes for more reflections on how long things last.

Others recall a slower, part-time path through school or the buildup of failed attempts that never quite land twice. See also Change and Measurement quotes.