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I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were… — Malin Akerman
Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There… — Joyce Brothers
The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are poured out before thee. — Akhenaton
I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a nice… — Alton Brown
Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded… — Steve Albini
Tax reform is taking the taxes off things that have been taxed in the past and putting taxes on things that haven't been taxed before. — Art Buchwald
I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on… — Tim Burton
But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past? — Robert Browning
There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're… — Dave Brubeck
To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek… — Steven Brust
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. — Jean de la Bruyere
As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before. — Jean de la Bruyere
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. — Jean de la Bruyere
I hope to get out before they start football next year. — Bear Bryant
I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a… — Kobe Bryant
The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge… — Kobe Bryant
England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet. — Bill Bryson
We forget just how painfully dim the world was before electricity. A candle, a good candle, provides barely a hundredth of the illumination of a… — Bill Bryson
I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he… — Bill Bryson
Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies of cash in and cash… — James Buchan
What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born. — Pearl S. Buck
It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources… — Pearl S. Buck
Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are… — Warren Buffett
Never get out of bed before noon. — Charles Bukowski
Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation… — Deborah Bull

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