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• To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Virtue, Crime

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• No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must be prepared to take the rough spots along the road with a certain equanimity, though allowed some grinding of the teeth.

  Stanley Ellin

  Writing, Gun, Choices

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• The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared ... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

  Shirley Hufstedler

  Teacher, Children, Teaching

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• Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the public good, we must be prepared to assert a far more important role for the library. We must clearly define what we do and establish and assert the relationship of libraries to basic democratic freedoms, to the fundamental humanistic principles that are central to our very way of life. . . .

  Arthur Curley

  Organization, Political, Democracy

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• Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Motivational, Letting Go, Happy Life

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Oct 30, 2011

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• Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which lie ahead. You have our love and our confidence. We pray that you will be prepared for the reins of leadership. We say to you, "Arise and shine forth" and be a light unto the world, a standard to others.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Leadership, Lying, Light

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• If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty.

  James Madison

  Freedom, Law, People

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

  Joseph Story

  War, Mean, Important

  Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.415

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• The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We Americans don't want war and we don't start fights. We don't maintain a strong military force to conquer or coerce others. The purpose of our military is simple and straightforward: we want to prevent war.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strong, Military, War

  "The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words".

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• Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.

  Randy Pausch

  Attitude, Optimistic, Thinking

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of our power.

  William J. Clinton

  Inspirational, Example, Century

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• Fighting is pure chaos, and to be a good fighter you simply have to be prepared mentally and physically to handle that chaos.

  B.J. Penn

  Fighting, Fighter, Chaos

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• In my commencement address I gave the language and sources of the prophetic utterance made by the Prophet Joseph that the Constitution of the United States would hang by a single thread, but be saved by the elders of Israel. I hope you will read those sources so you will be well-informed as to this prophecy and be prepared to do your part in its fulfillment.

  Ernest L. Wilkinson

  Israel, United States, Utterance

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• For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be
  prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself.

  Norman Mailer

  Hero, Mean, Doe

  Norman Mailer (2003). “The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing”, p.148, Random House

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• When something happens, I always check myself and know it's going to go away. So be prepared for it. This is a tough business for actors who are sensitive. If you try to hold on to things, you'll go crazy.

  Jessica Chastain

  Business, Crazy, Going Away

  "Meet The Younger, Hotter Meryl Streep". Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com.

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• It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic.

  Ryan Phillippe

  Lucky, Want, Incredibles

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

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• I am exactly where I want to be now. You can't go backward. I'm not going backward. I'm grateful that I'm here, blessed to have what I have. Nobody can be prepared for anything. If you end up in a place where you can look back and go, 'It happened, but I'm so lucky to be sitting where I am sitting...'

  Sandra Bullock

  Grateful, Blessed, Want

  "Sandra Bullock Opens Up in Vogue About Son Louis and Her Career". www.latimes.com. September 17, 2013.

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• You’ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peers… You will be a floozy and a slattern. He will be virile and a ladies’ man. You will be a freakshow, a retching wretch, a sloppy drunk. He will be charismatic, vainglorious, a ferocious drunk and Dionysian. You will be indiscriminate and desperate. He will be generous, tortured and driven.

  Courtney Love

  Men, Names, Drunk

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

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• In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared.

  John Mica

  Taken, Moscow, Mumbai

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• When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

  Camille Paglia

  Children, Dad, Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• 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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• 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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• The frying pan you should give to your enemy. Food should not be prepared in fat. Our bodies are adapted to a stone age diet of roots and vegetables.

  Denis Parsons Burkitt

  Science, Vegetables, Roots

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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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