#before

I have not much interest in anyone's personal history after the tenth year, not even my own. Whatever one was going to be was all prepared before that. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#anyone #before #even #going #history

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#beginning #berlin #came #circumstances #civilization

I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness. ↗

— Franka Potente

#before #book #coming #essays #fitness

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#before #bump #i #least #off

I have jokes I've told before and will tell again, but my favorite part of the night is talking to the crowd. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#before #crowd #favorite #i #jokes

I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#before #born #done #everything #i

The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#believe #city #down #got #into

I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision. ↗

— Colin Powell

#appoint #before #bring #candidates #court

Out of grad school, I worked as a tech writer for a while before going into computer coding for a living. ↗

— Richard Powers

#coding #computer #going #grad #i

You have to always work against what you did before, and even against your taste. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#always #before #did #even #taste