#before

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#become #before #defeats #demonstrated #discouraged

There's a million new people in the studio every day creating new stuff so I really had to be on my toes with this one so I could get it out before somebody else could. ↗

— Willa Ford

#could #creating #day #else #every

I was a tiger, a good fighter, in good shape, but I was always nervous before boxing matches. ↗

— George Foreman

#before #boxing #fighter #good #i

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30. ↗

— John Cusack

#before #being #being famous #caught #famous

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage properties of Hollywood before the poets had begun to get to work on them. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#before #begun #did #enough #folk

It was funny actually because that was still during the time we were dating. He would get all these calls because supposedly before we broke up, we had already broken up in the trades, in the rags or whatever. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#already #because #before #broke #broken

First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#committees #communist #congressional #conspiracy #first

My presence speaks volumes before I say a word. ↗

— Mos Def

#i #presence #say #speaks #volumes

Canada evolved within the British Empire: it inherited the Parliamentary system, the Cabinet system and all the other features of the British constitutional system which had been in place, for the most part, for several centuries before Canada was even thought of. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#before #british #british empire #cabinet #canada