#beforehand

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure. ↗

— John Cale

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I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently. ↗

— Jackie Collins

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I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing. ↗

— Jennifer Connelly

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Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy. ↗

— E. M. Forster

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I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires. ↗

— Todd Barry

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Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom. ↗

— Friedrich August von Hayek

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I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole process makes me anxious and restless, and I have trouble sleeping, just trying to figure out the character. ↗

— Matt Damon

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It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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The painting develops before my eyes, unfolding its surprises as it progresses. It is this which gives me the sense of complete liberty, and for this reason I am incapable of forming a plan or making a sketch beforehand. ↗

— Yves Tanguy

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