#before

I was very much on the mathematical side, where you probably do your best work before you're forty-five. Having passed that significant date, I thought I would do something else. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#best #best work #date #do your best #else

It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that makes it a great decision. It is what we do after we make the decision to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision. ↗

— William Pollard

#always #analyzed #before #decision #execute

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

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Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#back #before #dance #go #least

In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking part in wartime research projects. ↗

— John Pople

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

— Ezra Pound

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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

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

— Paula Poundstone

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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

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