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The Great Gatsby
Hamlet

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The Great Gatsby
Hamlet

Before Quotes

I started developing ‘The Revenant’ before ‘Birdman.’

– Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

I painted sets before I ever performed.

– Christopher Guest

The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant.

– Melvil Dewey

I’ve worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

– David Cunliffe

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

– Dick Van Dyke

Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

– George Papandreou

Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

Before ‘Panda,’ I had a buzz already.

– Desiigner

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.

– Ma Jian

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral.

– Christopher Eccleston

Before I got married, I dated the gamut.

– Gabrielle Union

If they haven’t heard it before it’s original.

– Gene Fowler

But even so, I still get nervous before I go onstage.

– Etta James

I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.

– Daniel Berrigan

Europe existed before Britain joined it.

– Francois Hollande

My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.

– Pam Grier

Before we can forgive one another, we have to understand one another.

– Emma Goldman

Brahms’ Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

– Franz Liszt

Before I got into TV, I wasn’t fashionable at all.

– Megyn Kelly

You give before you get.

– Napoleon Hill

Don’t go public before you can be public.

– Frank Quattrone

Before I got in this business I was in the chicken business.

– Chubby Checker

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God.

– The Bible

The Koran must be historicized before applying it to modern issues.

– Muhammad Khalid Masud

Before all else, be armed.

– Niccolo Machiavelli

The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.

– Enya

I’ve played comedy before but not that much. I mostly do get drawn to darker material.

– Natasha Richardson

I learned French before I learned Spanish.

– Eva Longoria

Tina Fey could run this country before Sarah Palin could!

– Nikki Reed

I was in the pilot for Spinal Tap before it was a movie.

– Nina Blackwood

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