Timothy Geithner

The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.

American Public Servant

Robert Dallek

As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely prelude to complete withdrawal from the conflict. There is solid evidence of his eagerness to end America's military role in that country's civil war.

American Historian

Ellie Kemper

I always have ice cream in the house. I have a bowl of it, and then a bit more. One of the greatest pleasures in my life is going back and getting a second half-bowl. The first bowl is just the prelude.

American Actress

Gyorgy Ligeti

I was fifteen years old, and I hardly knew how to play a simple Bach prelude on the piano when I began to compose music, and at the most advanced level. I had never studied such things as harmony.

Hungarian Composer

Julie Burchill

Make no mistake, most women are well aware that they've never had it so good; when they enter a spa or salon, it is purely a hair/nails thing, a prelude to an evening of guilt-free fun.

British Journalist

John Boyd Orr

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction.

Scottish Politician

Jonathan Sacks

Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

British Clergyman

John Hawkins

This kind of prelude was succeeded by the concerto itself which he executed with a degree of spirit and firmness that no one has ever pretended to equal.

English Businessman

Dennis Skinner

Isn't it essential in any prelude to a war to be sure of your allies and be sure of your objectives?

British Politician

Mahatma Gandhi

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

Indian Leader

Prelude often indicates a sign or occurrence suggesting something is about to happen.

Future Indication

Prelude can be used both in tangible events and abstract concepts.

Literal to Figurative

It often carries a negative connotation, implying an undesirable outcome.

Negative Overtone

In music, a prelude is the introductory part that sets the tone for the main piece.

Musical Introduction

A musical prelude can also be a complete piece on its own, not just an introduction.

Stand-alone Piece

Preludes are found in diverse music genres, from classical to contemporary.

Different Genres

 is the prelude to every real advance in science." I think it's a wonderful thoroughly conscious ignorance. So that's the kind of ignorance that I want to talk about today, but of course the first thing we have to clear up is what are we going to do with all those facts? So it is true that science piles up at an alarming rate.

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