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When I read 'Planet Terror,' it was like nothing I had ever read before remotely, and yet it has so many references.

— Marley Shelton

My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before…

— Ted Koppel

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the…

— Chuck Brown

In my mind, I do have a lot higher wrestling than Woodley. We've wrestled before, and it wasn't competitive, and that's honest.

— Colby Covington

Now in business we do a cost benefit analysis before we make policy changes. Washington should as well.

— Vicky Hartzler

'The Hangover' was, like, solid. I laughed a bit, you know. Seven out of 10, maybe. But I made it 32 minutes…

— Evan Goldberg

The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.

— Adam Clayton

I've been traveling around to play music since before I even had a driver's license.

— Steve Forbert

America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned…

— Edmund White

Wherever I am, I will embrace the life and the lifestyle. I've lived in Hollywood before, and we've moved into the old…

— John Barrowman

When my sister and I came along, my father's political life was completely over. He ran for president the year I was…

— Anne Cox Chambers

My parents separated before I was 1 year old. I moved in with my aunt and uncle when I was in fourth…

— Troy Polamalu

If you are the record label who owns Lady Gaga, and you have a new artist coming up, you can say, 'Let's…

— Anita Elberse

We've had really good mainstream publicity for these books and both Wanted and Chosen were snapped up as movie deals before each…

— Mark Millar

I wanted to try before I got too old to try to do a big movie and I'd been looking for something…

— Tony Gilroy

I have purchased a flat in Malad, but that is not with my 'Bigg Boss' prize. I had bought it with my…

— Shilpa Shinde

I have played nasty people, but not everyone has seen that stuff. Before 'The Office,' I mainly got cast as little toe-rags.

— Martin Freeman

It is always better to look at a matter positively before ruling negatively on it.

— Nabil N Jamal

I knew, always, what I wanted to be. Even before I had my first computer, I wanted to be a computer scientist.

— Gary William Flake

Prescott Bush was himself a president of the U. S. Golf Association at one time - 1935 - before he became a…

— Dan Jenkins

For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.

— George Stephen

My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to some higher authority…

— Noam Chomsky

We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch.

— Shawn Wayans

We actually started shooting the 'Mockingjay' movies before 'Catching Fire' was released.

— Francis Lawrence

Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not…

— Zayn Malik

Never expect anything from those who dont love and care about you and those who really do will already fulfil your expectations…

— Vikrant Parsai

I think my parents knew before I did that I was going to be an actress, because I was doing impressions of…

— Michelle Dockery

I'm like any other composer. If you give me five years to write a symphony, I'm still going to be asking for…

— Darren Criss

We must first positively influence and lead ourselves before we can positively influence or lead others.

— Vikrant Parsai

They're trying to kill me before I'm dead. I come to Quebec to spend some time with my family and they say…

— Pat Burns

Do you think that you shall enter the Garden of Bliss without such trials as came to those who passed before you?

— Scott Reed

I never had a career before I had the lips, so my lips have had their own career!

— Lisa Rinna

'Shaggy' was a nickname before it was ever a stage name. I have no problem with it.

— Shaggy

I used to hang out with a group of aspiring directors before 'Pizza' happened. We used to discuss a lot of stories…

— Vijay Sethupathi

As the Paralympics has evolved and the profile has increased, the coverage has been greater, and there are more Paralympians receiving awards…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

I've been there; I've been in the minority before. It humbles the exalted. But that's all right.

— Dick Durbin

After I retired, it was quite a long time before I went back to my department. I thought I was well out…

— Peter Higgs

I was fascinated with the writing process and seeing the evolution of a sketch and how it would change up to the…

— Trevor Moore

Before he went to sleep, I told him a little story about a rabbit we saw run around the beach house we…

— Dick Bruna

What the government wants is something they never had before. They want total awareness. The question is, is that something we should…

— Edward Snowden