This, however, is often a misconception, something I learnt first-hand from my own research when, after days of reading through, years of a writer named Barbara Comyns' diaries assuming I was privy to the innermost workings of her mind, one throwaway line dashed my dreams: "I never mention the important things that happen," she'd written, "just odd rubbish and the weather". .
A lot of the Igbo proverbs I learned first, I learned from his magnum opus, Things Fall Apart.
"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.
Here's what I have learned: First up, you will be making a sales pitch.
I have learned first hand about how the body and the mind can adapt or falter, submerged in Antarctica's darkness and winter's extreme isolation.
I also learned first aid, how to handle communications equipment, food resource management, finances and operational organization.
"I learnt the first time I toured in 2008 ," he added.
But I recently learned first-hand that love is truly humble.
