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• That was the first sound in the song of love!
  Scarce more than silence is, and yet a sound.
  Hands of invisible spirits touch the strings
  Of that mysterious instrument, the soul,
  And play the prelude of our fate. We hear
  The voice prophetic, and are not alone.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Song, Fate

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author's complete ed”, p.108

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• Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Happiness, Laughter, Prayer

  Reinhold Niebuhr, (2013). “Discerning the Signs of the Times - Sermons for Today and Tomorrow”, p.72, Read Books Ltd

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• When a man speaks of the need for realism one may be sure that this is always the prelude to some bloody deed.

  Isaiah Berlin

  Men, Cynical, Needs

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• Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another.

  Annie Besant

  Death, Building Up, Destruction

  Annie Besant (2016). “The Seven Principles of Man”, p.10, BookRix

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• Never say, and never take seriously anyone who says, 'I cannot believe that so-and-so could have evolved by gradual selection.' I have dubbed this kind of fallacy 'the Argument from Personal Incredulity.' Time and again, it has proven the prelude to an intellectual banana-skin experience.

  Richard Dawkins

  Believe, Intellectual, Skins

  "River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life". Book by Richard Dawkins, March 20, 2014.

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• For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra plays the prelude to the third act, the stage is far away as in a dream, my heart swells with delight—and you want to blind me with a pair of half-ruble spectacles?

  Isaac Babel

  Dream, Heart, Play

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• Das war ein vorspeil nur; That was only a prelude; dort wo man Buecher verbrennt, Where one burns books, vebrennt man auch am Ende One will also burn people Menchen. Eventually.

  Heinrich Heine

  War, Book, Men

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• Since Deacon Hollingshead's arrival in town last July the Dominion had been hard at work, cleansing New York City of moral corruption. "Corruption" is a popular word with the enthusiasts of the Dominion, usually uttered as a prelude to the knife, the docket, or the noose.

  Robert Charles Wilson

  New York, July, Knives

  "Julian Comstock: A Story of the 22nd Century". Book by Robert Charles Wilson, 2009.

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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dictatorial ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to dictatorship.

  Mir-Hossein Mousavi

  Hurt, Iran, Way

  "Ahmadinejad accused of tainting Iran's image in TV debate" by Shirzad Bozorgmehr, www.cnn.com. June 4, 2009.

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• The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Snakes, Circles, Overcoming

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. It is not a mechanical routine, but something essential to my daily life. I go to the piano, and play two preludes and fugues of Bach. I cannot think of doing otherwise. It is a sort of benediction on the house. But that is not its only meaning for me. It is a rediscovery of the world of which I have the joy of being a part. It fills me with awareness of the wonder of life, with a feeling of the incredible marvel of being a human being.

  Pablo Casals

  Past, Thinking, Years

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• This world is not the sum total of God's resources -- on the contrary, it is only the 'dream,' the probation, the prelude of the true world, the true life.

  Janet Erskine Stuart

  Dream, True Life, World

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• God is merely tuning the soul, as an instrument, in this life. And these joys of the Christian, are only the notes and chords that are sounded out in the preparation--preludes to the perfect harmony that shall flood the soul--forerunners of the perfected and rapturous joy that shall bless the soul, in that exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

  Herrick Johnson

  Christian, Perfect, Joy

  Herrick Johnson (1881). “Christianity's Challenge: And Some Phases of Christianity Submitted for Candid Consideration”

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• Sometimes it seems to me that the celebration of a person is really just a prelude to ridicule.

  Matthew Specktor

  Celebration, Sometimes, Ridicule

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.

  Vance Havner

  Comfort, Easy, Collapse

  Vance Havner (2014). “Day by Day”, Solid Christian Books

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• Since you are "in the market," you need to set standards of what you are seeking in a partner and in a relationship. Dating is not simply a prelude to a committed relationship or marriage. Dating is an opportunity to evaluate whether the person you are dating is a good candidate for you. You need to pay attention to your partner's positive and negative characteristics. Ask yourself whether you could live with this person for the rest of your life.

  David Price

  Opportunity, Dating, Pay

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• The classical allusions and the Platonic disquisitions on beauty are no longer a form of cover, but integral to Aschenbach's complex sexuality. Moreover, the wandering around Venice in pursuit of Tadzio isn't a prelude to some sexual contact for which Aschenbach is yearning.

  Philip Kitcher

  Venice, Wandering Around, Sexuality

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• To militant Islamists, the expulsion of the Soviets was just the prelude to purging the entire Islamic world of infidels.

  Gilles Kepel

  Islamic, World, Expulsion

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• While the accompanimental [sic] figures come from Prelude, the melody is wholly original to this theme. First stated on a lonely duduk, and then in octaves by the violins and violas, it is a melancholy and contemplative tune.

  Bear McCreary

  Lonely, Tunes, Violin

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• There is always the risk that a conflagration in the Middle East becomes larger and more dangerous. In this scenario, we discover that the Arab Spring was merely the prelude to a deeper and much farther-reaching upheaval in the region that has greater impact on countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia.

  Ian Bremmer

  Country, Spring, Iran

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I love the Bach Prelude No. 2 in C Minor and had that stuck in my head: why don't I put this on Imaginaryland? So I brought it to my friend Tom Grimley who recorded That Dog's first record. I played him all my a cappella pieces, and he said, "P, you should really make a record, it would be great! You can record it at my studio and I'll put it out!"

  Petra Haden

  Dog, Would Be, Pieces

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Anger is a prelude to courage.

  Eric Hoffer

  Positive

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• The rain is a necessary prelude to beautiful weather. So even if your heart is in downpour right now it only means it will become exceptionally beautiful in time.

  Bisco Hatori

  Beautiful, Rain, Heart

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• We all have our routines," he said softly."But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome that we can see and take some comfort from, or else they have no use at all. Without that, they are like the endless pacings of a caged animal. If they are not madness itself, then they are a prelude to it.

  John Connolly

  Animal, Comfort, Purpose

  John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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• You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it in my power to free myself of any curse - that curses were preludes to blessings.

  Lauren Kate

  Blessing, Said, Curse

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.1116, Delacorte Press

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