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• If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

  Graeme Simsion

  One Day, Wake Up, Reason

  Graeme Simsion (2013). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.246, Simon and Schuster

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• If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Men, Leisure, Enjoy

  Eleanor Roosevelt, David Emblidge (2009). “My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt's Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962”, p.265, Da Capo Press

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• Well...I'm on birth control" I was drinking the water again and choked on it. It took several moments of coughing before I could gasp out. "What?" "It takes a while for it to start working, so I figured I should be prepared, just in case." "Just in case," I repeated, still dumbfounded.

  Richelle Mead

  Drinking, Water, Birth Control

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Bloodlines: The Fiery Heart”, p.63, Penguin UK

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• We always need to be prepared and work hard in practice so we can be just like the farmer who has put that fourth cutting of hay in the barn. After he does that, he can feel good about what is going to happen the rest of the winter.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Hard Work, Winter

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• What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?

  Epictetus

  Philosophy, Events, Philosopher

  Epictetus (1807). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses in Four Books Preserved by Arrian, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.45

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• It has always been my belief that I, too, will die by violence. I have done all that I can to be prepared.

  Malcolm X

  Dying, Done, Violence

  1965 The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

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• ~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.~

  Emma Thompson

  Kids, Parenting, Thinking

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• If a change in our lives require individually or socially painful sacrifices, it will be difficult to put into effect no matter how necessary that change might be. However, if we start down the road of transformation with simple, enjoyable, and tangible changes, we will soon be prepared to tackle larger issues.

  Ilchi Lee

  Sacrifice, Simple, Issues

  FaceBook post by Ilchi Lee from Jul 27, 2014

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• A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Toil, Fool

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

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• Ah," said the magus, understanding at once. "I see that he means to be prepared if he meets him again." "Surely that's unlikely," said Sounis. "I don't think unlikely means to him what it does to the rest of us," said the magus.

  Megan Whalen Turner

  Mean, Thinking, Understanding

  Megan Whalen Turner (2010). “A Conspiracy of Kings”, Greenwillow

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• I have a flamthrower. (Zarek) You have a what? (Astrid) It pays to be prepared. (Zarek) Well. Those are nice for toasting marshmallows, but they’ll only make Thanatos mad. Regular fire won’t hurt him. I have this really neat gelatinous goo that comes out with my fire and it squirts my victims so that it don’t come off. Wanna see it? (Simi) No! (Zarek/Astrid) No? I don’t like that word. (Simi) We love you, Simi. We’re just scared of your goo. (Astrid) Oh, that I understand. Okay, you can live. (Simi)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hurt, Nice, Love You

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• Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

  Sandra Brown

  Hard Work, Prepared, Hard

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• I met a woman She had a mouth like yours She knew your life She knew your devils and your deeds And she said "Go to him, stay with him if you can But be prepared to bleed

  Joni Mitchell

  Devil, Mouths, Deeds

  Song: A Case of You

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• Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must be prepared to receive wisdom, or else it will do him more harm than good. Moreover, a lout thrashing about in the clear waters of wisdom will dirty those waters for everyone else.

  Tom Robbins

  Dirty, Water, Harm

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Jitterbug Perfume”, p.113, Bantam

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• Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight along with six to eight black men. They might put some candy in your shoes, they might stuff you into a sack and take you to Spain, or they might just pretend to kick you. We don't know for sure, but we want you to be prepared." This was the reward for living in the Netherlands. As a child you get to hear this story, and as an adult you get to turn around and repeat it.

  David Sedaris

  Children, Men, Eight

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• The object of our being placed upon this earth is that we may work out an exaltation, that we may prepare ourselves to go back and dwell with our Heavenly Father; and our Father, knowing the faults and failings of men has given us certain commandments to obey, and if we will examine those requirements and the things that devolve upon us we will find that they are all for our individual benefit and advancement. The school of life in which we are placed and the lessons that are given to us by our Father will make of us exactly what He desires, so that we may be prepared to dwell with Him.

  Heber J. Grant

  Life, Father, School

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• Tension means hurry, fear, doubt. Tension means a constant effort to protect, to be secure, to be safe. Tension means preparing for the tomorrow now, or for the afterlife - afraid tomorrow you will not be able to face the reality, so be prepared. Tension means the past that you have not lived really but only somehow bypassed; it hangs, it is a hangover, it surrounds you.

  Rajneesh

  Hangover, Mean, Past

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• There is a line from Dante that says, "The arrow seen before cometh less rudely." President John F. Kennedy put one aspect of the same thought into one of his state of the union messages this way: "The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining." The Boy Scouts say it best of all: "Be prepared." That isn't just cracker-barrel wisdom with us; it is theology. "If ye are prepared ye shall not fear." (D&C 38:30)

  Jeffrey R. Holland

  Time, Fear, Boys

  Jeffrey R. Holland (1985). “However Long and Hard the Road”, Deseret Book Co

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• Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit or moral dishonesty is the oil without which the machinery would not work.

  Woodrow Wyatt

  Lying, Oil, Cynical

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• If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Lost Love, If You Love Someone

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• Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.

  Melina Marchetta

  Doors, Next, Worst

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.285, Penguin UK

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• To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.

  Mitch Albom

  Way, Involved, Knows

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.81, Broadway Books

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• A man must be prepared to face life, as well as death, there's no escape from either.

  Ellis Peters

  Men, Faces, Wells

  Ellis Peters (2014). “Dead Man's Ransom”, p.210, Head of Zeus

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• You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

  Herb Brooks

  Goal, Used, Prepared

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• It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking.

  Ted Allen

  Talking, Cooking, Guests

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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