Sentence examples for I learned first from inspiring English sources

A lot of the Igbo proverbs I learned first, I learned from his magnum opus, Things Fall Apart.

I learned first hand in Uganda that songs have all these functions and can contain the kind of social criticism that made Biermann's songs so unpopular with east German officialdom.

This is where I learned first hand that there are so many reasons why people end up homeless, from losing jobs to tragedies to drugs and alcohol and yes, the chronic homeless who choose to be homeless.

"I have only written what I experienced, what I saw, what I learned first-hand".

I learned first-hand that fat people are the recipients of the last remaining socially acceptable prejudice.

"I have only written what I experienced, what I saw, and what I learned first-hand," he explains near the end.

I learned, first-hand, how difficult – and how rewarding – the art of Chinese manufacturing has become.

At Wiley School I learned first-hand how effective teachers are and the extent to which they go beyond their duties to not only teach but to establish a climate for learning that makes a difference in their students' lives.

More than anything I did personally, I learned first-hand from the good and brave people of Newtown what it means to stand back up and put one foot in front of the other despite untenable pain and raw anger.

When I left a lucrative Wall Street job a little more than four years ago to help find care for my sister with multiple sclerosis and an uncle with ALS, I learned first-hand about the depression, stress, headaches and sleepless nights that family caregivers endure.

Here's what I have learned: First up, you will be making a sales pitch.