Before Quotes · Page 66

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

— Dani Shapiro

The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had…

— Noam Chomsky

The music that I chose during my life, it wasn't arbitrary. It was all in my family home when I was growing…

— Linda Ronstadt

As brands become larger, the need to reach greater numbers of customers makes them less edgy and dilutes their unique positioning as…

— Nirmalya Kumar

Before 'Lucky Louie,' nobody would ever cast me to play a mom or a wife; nobody ever saw me in that role,…

— Pamela Adlon

Sometimes I get butterflies before I get up on stage.

— Bindi Irwin

Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

— Gabby Douglas

We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on…

— Nancy Gibbs

You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.

— Hank Williams

When you come into a house like Saint Laurent, or Chanel, or Lanvin, and you go into a place that existed before…

— Alber Elbaz

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think music should be free.

— Trent Reznor

Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.

— Edgar Ramirez

It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.

— John Jeremiah Sullivan

Do you have to be like a second-grade dropout to be an umpire? Did you go to school until you were 8…

— Andy Roddick

With Vietman, we found ourselves involved there before we really understood what was going on.

— Bob Schieffer

I've had to ban my mum from coming to see me play. She gets so nervous before any show. I've always got…

— Birdy

Before the widespread rise of the Internet and easy publishing tools, influence was largely in the hands of those who could reach…

— Matt Mullenweg

A lot of people are surprised by my love of heavy metal. I fell in love with heavy metal almost before any…

— Jamie Cullum

I would like to thank everyone who supported me to be fit for the Euros. I had some fitness problems before the…

— Andriy Shevchenko

I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ,…

— Rick Wakeman

If there had been three public editors before me, the body might have absorbed it a little bit better.

— Daniel Okrent

My father was a doctor, and I admired him and got along well with him. He took me with him on house…

— Lewis Thomas

I tried out for my basketball team every year and I never made it. You had to buy the shoes before you…

— Adam DeVine

My goal is to just keep playing roles that are different from the roles I've played before.

— Alicia Witt

I've always been a DVD geek and, before that, a laser disc fanatic, too.

— Peyton Reed