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title: "97 Prior Quotes by 91 authors"
description: "Browse 97 Prior quotes by 91 authors. Discover the best Prior sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Prior preparation prevents poor performance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-baker/prior-preparation-prevents-poor-performance/)

[James Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-baker/)

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> [The texture of experience is prior to everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willem-de-kooning/the-texture-of-experience-is-prior-to-everything-else/)

[Willem de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willem-de-kooning/)

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> [“My name will be Edith Prior,” she says.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/my-name-will-be-edith-prior-she-says/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.” When”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tracy/proper-prior-planning-prevents-poor-performance-when/)

[Brian Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tracy/)

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> [Prior to the 1976 Olympics, I was a 5,000m runner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-kardong/prior-to-the-1976-olympics-i-was-a-5-000m-runner/)

[Don Kardong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-kardong/)

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> [“And hope is but a dream of those that wake.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-prior/and-hope-is-but-a-dream-of-those-that-wake/)

[Matthew Prior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-prior/)

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> [I had had a classical education prior to that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skitch-henderson/i-had-had-a-classical-education-prior-to-that/)

[Skitch Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skitch-henderson/)

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> [Existence is prior to essence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/existence-is-prior-to-essence/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-marx/i-really-didn-t-have-any-plans-to-record-prior-to-doing-my-own-best/)

[Richard Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-marx/)

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> [Prior to that I testified before the Senate subcommittee addressing mountaintop removal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-richardson/prior-to-that-i-testified-before-the-senate-subcommittee-addressing/)

[Kevin Richardson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-richardson/)

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> [Prior to Box, I was a professional wiffleball player and then a professional poker player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-smith/prior-to-box-i-was-a-professional-wiffleball-player-and-then-a/)

[Dylan Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-smith/)

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> [I talk a great deal to prior Secretaries of State about policy issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-talk-a-great-deal-to-prior-secretaries-of-state-about-policy-issues/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [Prior to that, I had associated this music with older people, like my father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benny-green/prior-to-that-i-had-associated-this-music-with-older-people-like-my/)

[Benny Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benny-green/)

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> [“I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/i-take-each-thing-as-it-is-without-prior-rules-about-what-it-should-be/)

[Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/)

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> [I've actually done a lot of on-screen, live-action stuff prior to 'Adventure Time.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-shada/i-ve-actually-done-a-lot-of-on-screen-live-action-stuff-prior-to/)

[Jeremy Shada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-shada/)

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> [Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karin-slaughter/prior-to-the-civil-war-most-libraries-were-either-privately-owned-or/)

[Karin Slaughter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karin-slaughter/)

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> [The divorce rate in 1946 was higher than it ever had been and as high as it ever would be until the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/the-divorce-rate-in-1946-was-higher-than-it-ever-had-been-and-as-high/)

[P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/)

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> [My wife Lucy was very sick for nearly three years prior to her death. At one time, I was in the hospital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heber-j-grant/my-wife-lucy-was-very-sick-for-nearly-three-years-prior-to-her-death/)

[Heber J. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heber-j-grant/)

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> [For too long, Japan has been dragging its feet as it ignores the steps the U.S. has made to ensure a safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randy-neugebauer/for-too-long-japan-has-been-dragging-its-feet-as-it-ignores-the-steps/)

[Randy Neugebauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randy-neugebauer/)

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> [No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edie-brickell/no-matter-how-famous-and-established-they-were-or-however-blessed/)

[Edie Brickell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edie-brickell/)

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> [We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lew-wasserman/we-had-an-interesting-thing-at-that-first-dinner-it-was-prior-to-the/)

[Lew Wasserman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lew-wasserman/)

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> [As the U.S. ambassador to Japan, I see this challenge of our younger generations not knowing each other as well as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-roos/as-the-u-s-ambassador-to-japan-i-see-this-challenge-of-our-younger/)

[John Roos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-roos/)

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> [There are some legitimate security issues, but I believe many of the objections the administration is making are not for security reasons,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-graham/there-are-some-legitimate-security-issues-but-i-believe-many-of-the/)

[Bob Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-graham/)

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> [And, so, when I picked up the guitar, suddenly, just playing a couple of notes really, really spoke to me. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slash/and-so-when-i-picked-up-the-guitar-suddenly-just-playing-a-couple-of/)

[Slash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slash/)

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> [When I arrived at Campbell on January 8, 2001, the company had lost half its market value in the prior year. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-conant/when-i-arrived-at-campbell-on-january-8-2001-the-company-had-lost/)

[Douglas Conant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-conant/)

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> [Every time you feel depressed about something, try to identify a corresponding negative thought you had just prior to and during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-d-burns/every-time-you-feel-depressed-about-something-try-to-identify-a/)

[David D. Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-d-burns/)

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> [When I started acting, I hoped I could make some kind of positive contribution to this world. When I get a letter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sung-kang/when-i-started-acting-i-hoped-i-could-make-some-kind-of-positive/)

[Sung Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sung-kang/)

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> [Most Southern soldiers viewed the driving issue to be sovereignty rather than slavery. Love of the Union was palpably stronger in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-webb/most-southern-soldiers-viewed-the-driving-issue-to-be-sovereignty/)

[Jim Webb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-webb/)

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> [The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-obama-administration-rarely-demonstrated-the-ability-to-shift/)

[Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/)

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> ['How to Train Your Dragon,' the first one, was a film I'd seen prior to being approached for the sequel. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kit-harington/how-to-train-your-dragon-the-first-one-was-a-film-i-d-seen-prior-to/)

[Kit Harington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kit-harington/)

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> [I was on the improv team in high school, and after I graduated, I joined an improv company that had been established…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatiana-maslany/i-was-on-the-improv-team-in-high-school-and-after-i-graduated-i/)

[Tatiana Maslany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatiana-maslany/)

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> [Looking forward, it might prove constructive to examine the true historical record of an issue prior to assuming the worst of anyone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-ackerman/looking-forward-it-might-prove-constructive-to-examine-the-true/)

[Gary Ackerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-ackerman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/gary-ackerman-19373_after_looking-forward-it-might-prove-construct_339861.png)

> [I'd never done television prior to 'Boardwalk.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shea-whigham/i-d-never-done-television-prior-to-boardwalk/)

[Shea Whigham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shea-whigham/)

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> [“Abducet praedam, qui occurrit prior.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrius-tapinas/abducet-praedam-qui-occurrit-prior/)

[Andrius Tapinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrius-tapinas/)

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> [“Deixa que a culpa te ensine como agir da próxima vez”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/deixa-que-a-culpa-te-ensine-como-agir-da-pr-xima-vez/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

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> [Prior to high school, I played a lot of neighborhood football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-wirthlin/prior-to-high-school-i-played-a-lot-of-neighborhood-football/)

[Joseph B. Wirthlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-wirthlin/)

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> [I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-loeb/i-read-that-prior-to-the-advent-of-color-tv-most-people-dreamed-in/)

[Damian Loeb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-loeb/)

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> [Even prior to captaincy I was fortunate to somehow be in the leadership role.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kane-williamson/even-prior-to-captaincy-i-was-fortunate-to-somehow-be-in-the/)

[Kane Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kane-williamson/)

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> [“When I was unexpectedly terminated from the dangerous DeSoto Solar Farm, I had not received any prior warnings.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/when-i-was-unexpectedly-terminated-from-the-dangerous-desoto-solar/)

[Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/)

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> [I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-sinatra/i-was-at-a-party-three-weeks-prior-to-the-murders-at-roman-polanski/)

[Nancy Sinatra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-sinatra/)

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