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• The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance

  John Lanchester

  Planning, Seven, Poor

  John Lanchester (2012). “Capital”, p.308, Faber & Faber

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• The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.

  Kate Capshaw

  People, Library, Acting

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

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• In practice we always base our preparations against an enemy on the assumption that his plans are good; indeed, it is right to rest our hopes not on a belief in his blunders, but on the soundness of our provisions. Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that the superiority lies with him who is reared in the severest school.

  Thucydides

  Lying, Believe, School

  Thucydides, Victor Davis Hanson, Robert B. Strassler (2008). “The Landmark Thucydides”, p.47, Simon and Schuster

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• I was just glad I've got an opponent, to be honest. This is my third opponent for this fight prep. [I'm over the moon] to be fighting in my hometown and I just didn't want that taken away. The fact that they've got me a new opponent, I'm not bothered who it is. I just focus on what I can control in my preparation and that's all I've got to worry about. My opponent changes but they're all great fighters in the UFC. Doesn't matter who you step in there with, it's going to be a tough fight.

  Richie Vaculik

  Workout, Taken, Fighting

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• The cause of war is preparation for war.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  War, Causes, Causes Of War

  W. E. B. Du Bois (2012). “Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil”, p.26, Courier Corporation

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• When the heart dares to speak, it needs no preparation.

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

  Heart, Needs, Speak

  "Mina von Barnhelm" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, V. 4, September 30, 1767.

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• I wrote The Grapes of Wrath in one hundred days, but many years of preparation preceded it.

  John Steinbeck

  Wrath, Years, Grapes

  John Steinbeck (2006). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.38, Penguin

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• When I think of all the books I have read, and of the wise words I have heard spoken, and of the anxiety I have given to parents and grandparents, and of the hopes that I have had, all life weighed in the scales of my own life seems to me a preparation for something that never happens.

  William Butler Yeats

  Wise, Book, Thinking

  William Butler Yeats (2010). “The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiogra”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• ... where Solomon says that 'Wisdom has built herself a house' (Prov. 9:1), he refers darkly in these words to the preparation of the flesh of the Lord: for the true Wisdom did not dwell in another's building, but built for Itself that dwelling-place from the body of the Virgin.

  Gregory of Nyssa

  Christian, Dwelling Place, House

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• Too often we treat prayer as the preparation for the work of the church. Do you not see? Prayer IS the work of the church.

  Oswald Chambers

  Prayer, Church, Treats

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• Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

  John of the Cross

  Light, Darkness, Endurance

  Saint John of the Cross (1947). “The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church”

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• During my practice sessions, I had walked all around the rink examining each corner. I make a habit of doing this before every major competition, to become familiar with the angles. Then I can envision what it will look and feel like when I am the only one on the ice going into a combination jump, skating backwards or getting ready for my triple Lutz. I know exactly where I will be, and so when it comes time to actually perform my routine, ever step and element will be like deja vu.

  Josee Chouinard

  Sports, Ice, Competition

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• Recessions are the best time to start a company. Companies fail. Others hold back capital. If you are willing to do the preparation and work, it is the best time to invest in yourself and start a business.

  Mark Cuban

  Business, Failing, Invest In Yourself

  Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation

  Michelle Kwan

  Secret, Knows, Closest

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• Successfully completing a lesser purpose doesn't feel good very good for very long, because it is simply preparation for advancing toward a greater embodiment of your deeper purpose.

  David Deida

  Success, Long, Feel Good

  David Deida (2008). “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.50, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Week after week, the heads of Red Army Intelligence received updates on the Wehrmacht's preparations.

  Leopold Trepper

  Army, Red, Updates

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• ...We need to strive to keep things in proper balance. Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Responsibility, Waiting, Balance

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• Part of success is preparation on purpose.

  Jim Rohn

  Purpose

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 10, 2015

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• Loaves of bread remind us of sunlight, but when we are inside that orb,we lose interest in building ovens,in millwork and the preparation of fields before the planting.

  Rumi

  Freedom, Fields, Bread

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• Perfect preparation prevents piss-poor performance.

  Woody Hayes

  Perfect, Poor, Performances

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• It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance.

  Zig Ziglar

  Spectacular, Performances

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• Thanksgiving was always a favorite holiday for me. The preparation was fun! My grandma and I would walk to the butcher on Jamaica Avenue in Queens, order the bird, and buy all the fixings at the market.

  Debi Mazar

  Queens, Fun, Grandma

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• You must be ready in mind, body, and spirit before you can make a change. People cannot convince you to do it. You cannot force you to do it. Everything you think, say, and do until that happens is just preparation. So love yourself right now. Honor yourself. Keep talking to yourself. Keep thinking ready thoughts. In the meantime, try to remember you will not be ready until you are ready.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Love You, Thinking, Remember You

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from May 05, 2016

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• Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. What preparations should we be making now? The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day.

  Billy Graham

  Goal, Quality, Earth

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• Silence 'is so lacking in this world which is often too noisy, which is not favorable to recollection and listening to the voice of God. In this time of preparation for Christmas, let us cultivate interior recollection so as to receive and keep Jesus in our lives.'

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Voice, Silence

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