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title: "7 Years Prior Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Years Prior quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Years Prior sayings and thoughts."
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> [Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-adamson/well-i-started-writing-probably-in-the-early-60s-and-by-say-65-66-i/)

[Robert Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-adamson/)

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> [Not only were we not living in the same state, we hadnt even been communicating for the past three years prior to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-meech/not-only-were-we-not-living-in-the-same-state-we-hadnt-even-been/)

[Big Meech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-meech/)

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> [“Zev had grossly underestimated how much he’d miss his friend. He’d underestimated the ingrained need coursing through him to be with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cardeno-c/zev-had-grossly-underestimated-how-much-he-d-miss-his-friend-he-d/)

[Cardeno C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cardeno-c/)

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> [In fact, every one of us - every nation, every individual begins hundreds, perhaps thousands of years prior to the date that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/in-fact-every-one-of-us-every-nation-every-individual-begins-hundreds/)

[Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/)

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> [My wife Lucy was very sick for nearly three years prior to her death. At one time, I was in the hospital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heber-j-grant/my-wife-lucy-was-very-sick-for-nearly-three-years-prior-to-her-death/)

[Heber J. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heber-j-grant/)

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> [I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kato-kaelin/i-was-at-an-acting-academy-for-seven-years-prior-to-the-trial/)

[Kato Kaelin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kato-kaelin/)

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> [We all begin much much much earlier. In fact, every one of us - every nation, every individual begins hundreds, perhaps thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/we-all-begin-much-much-much-earlier-in-fact-every-one-of-us-every/)

[Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/)

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