- Accounts
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- Nov 07, 2020
First-Hand Quotes
What you only understand by living it.
These first-hand quotes draw on direct, lived experience — from growing up seeing poverty firsthand to understanding why inclusive schools matter for transgender students. See our Experience quotes for more.
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- Exploitative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work in harsh, exploitative conditions.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Health is both the foundation of my academic and professional careers and a personal passion. I know first-hand the important role health security plays in protecting lives and preventing the spread of disease.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working in sports for nearly the past twenty years, I have seen first-hand how gun violence affects athletes and their families.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Workers know first-hand how corporate capture of government is undermining their rights and freedoms as citizens.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
While we were there, we saw first-hand the senseless violence and destruction from terrorist groups that have repeatedly called for the end of Israel. These kinds of attacks are an unfortunate part of everyday life for the Israeli people.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad lost his hearing in the last 18 months of his life, and as a result, I witnessed first-hand the effect that this can have on a family.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know at first-hand the importance of hard work and the value of work experience.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
Individuals reporting on their own experience with particular therapies would provide first-hand accounts that could be considered in the improvement of drug design.
- Creativity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know first-hand what it’s like to be judged and to have someone criticise your creativity, your hard work and your art.
- Hide
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know from first-hand experience that separating transgender students from their peers can cause many to leave school, hide who they are, or even do the unthinkable.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Texas' and America's farmers are suffering. As the Member of Congress representing the 10th Congressional District of Texas, I have traveled throughout our area and have seen first-hand how the drought has affected our agricultural communities.
- Big Fan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big fan of intention. That's because I have learned first-hand the power of setting my intention on my goal and making all decisions based off of that intention.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an enthusiastic European, and my first-hand experience of war and hatred has strengthened that conviction. I have seen how misguided unilateral nationalistic identities have brought destruction and death. I am, however, a world citizen, too.
- Meeting
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were reminded first-hand of the work that still needs to be done in Iraq on the security front when insurgents fired five rounds into the base while we were still meeting with the nurses.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020