Be Prepared Quotes - Page 6

• Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Race, Ideas

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• I also learned that a person was not necessarily bad just because you did not agree with him, and that if you believed in something, you had better be prepared to defend it.

  Hillary Clinton

  Belief, Agree, Persons

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2004). “Living History”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns shaped into knitting needles. A wodge of curlicued metallic scrubbing pad supplied the threat. 'I knit handcuffs as a hobby,' explained Old Flossie happily, and set to work. 'Idle hands get up to no good, so I like to be prepared in case I meet up with any idle hands.

  Gregory Maguire

  Knitting, Hands, Two

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• I want to be prepared to claim the greatest virtue of all - that I was a man who made money

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Want, Virtue

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.72, Hamilton Books

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• As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.

  Arundhati Roy

  Two, Jam, Anything Can Happen

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• Be prepared. *smacks chest*

  John Bytheway

  Smack, Prepared, Chests

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• One must always be prepared for riotous and endless waves of transformation.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Transformation, Wave, Eat Love Pray

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2009). “Eat Pray Love: One Woman's Search for Everything”, p.79, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Apparently, before we are born, each of us experiences a vision of what our life can be, complete with reflections on our parents and our tendencies to engage in particular control dramas, even how we might work through these dramas with these parents and go on to be prepared for what we want to accomplish.

  James Redfield

  Drama, Reflection, Parent

  James Redfield (2013). “The Tenth Insight”, p.80, Random House

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• I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head.

  Malcolm Mclaren

  Art, Morning, Believe

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• You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.

  Carly Fiorina

  Risk, Faces, Consequence

  "CNBC's Larry Kudlow speaks with Carly Fiorina, former HP CEO, and Senator John McCain today". "The Kudlow Report" with Larry Kudlow, www.cnbc.com. June 9, 2010.

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• Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

  Donovan Bailey

  Dream, Hard Work, Passion

  "I don’t miss running, says Donovan Bailey". Interview with Paul Irish, www.thestar.com. November 28, 2011.

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• If you believe in truth and cared enough to obtain it, you had to be prepared actively to suffer for it.

  Shashi Tharoor

  Believe, Suffering, Enough

  Shashi Tharoor (1993). “The Great Indian Novel”, p.48, Arcade Publishing

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• Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all important historical research and writing concerning the black race to the white man, then we must be prepared to accept, uncomplainingly, the white man's point of view.

  Chancellor Williams

  Leadership, Responsibility, Writing

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• When the messenger arrives and says 'Don't shoot the messenger,' it's a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case.

  Howard Tayler

  Ideas, Messengers, Cases

  "Schlock Mercenary". Webcomic by Howard Tayler, 2003-2006.

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• Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

  Nas

  Crazy, Divorce, Love Is

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.

  Roger Moore

  Believe, Waiting, Illness

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• Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless.

  Rachel Cusk

  New Relationship, Events, May

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• I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'

  Pele

  Football, Father, Philosophy

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• You have to be prepared to give creative work 150%. I hear a lot of young people talking about life/work balance, which I think is great when you’re in your 30s. If you’re in your 20s and already talking about that, I don’t think you will achieve your goals. If you really want to build a powerful career, and make an impact, then you have to be prepared to put in blood, sweat, and tears.

  Ellen Lupton

  Powerful, Thinking, Impact

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• What is down will go up. At the same time, you have to be prepared for what is up to go down.

  William Shatner

  Prepared

  "Q&A: William Shatner wins Governor General's Award". Interview with Melissa Leong, nationalpost.com. March 3, 2011.

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• I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.

  Karl Rove

  Strong, Thinking, Wings

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• Adoptive parents are taking on enormous responsibility, both emotionally and financially. Quite frankly, they need as much disclosure as possible about the child's background and health to assure the best fit and be prepared.

  Pat Robertson

  Children, Health, Responsibility

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• Everybody should want to make sure that we have the cyber tools necessary to investigate cyber crimes, and to be prepared to defend against them and to bring people to justice who commit it.

  Janet Reno

  People, Justice, Tools

  "Exit Interview: Janet Reno". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. January 18, 2001.

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• Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.

  Jeremy Renner

  Moving, House, Creative

  "Brutal Honesty from Jeremy Renner, Streep & Coen Talk Film in China, Knightley on Dangerous Method & Anna Karenina" by Sophia Savage, www.indiewire.com. November 22, 2011.

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• When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Military, Responsibility

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 11, 2012.

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