The first years of man make provision for the last. Samuel Johnson
Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets. Josef Albers
In the first years after the systemic transition, our screens showed American entertainment that had not been available before, or had been available only sporadically. Andrzej Wajda
I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for the first years that white people played banjo they would put on blackface. Bela Fleck
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. Desi Arnaz
DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. Harriet Ann Jacobs