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• War, which perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, has once and for all given the State an important role in production.

  Simone Weil

  War, Important, Roles

  Simone Weil (2013). “Oppression and Liberty”, p.16, Routledge

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• When they started to drain a swamp where birds and fish had lived, for a new housing development down the road from his apartment, Steven watched the protests and the preparations with interest. The bird people were furious, the developers unmovable, and Steven was filled with relief that the fight wasn't his. Nothing here was his... He thought there should have been something sad about how little he was tied up with the place, but instead it felt like freedom. He was free because it wasn't his water here, and they weren't his fish.

  Maile Meloy

  Fighting, Should Have, People

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• The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

  Chuck Noll

  Sports, Winning, Games

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• We plan to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding the preparation of the budget. We also plan to open up the process of government appointments.

  Kim Campbell

  Government, Veils, Secrecy

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• Wherever we are, it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else, and whatever we do, however well we do it, it is only a preparation to do something else that shall be different.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Somewhere Else, Different, Way

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)”, p.5863, Delphi Classics

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• In fifty years time, the need for true psychics and conscious mediums (such as H.P.B., for instance [Helena Petrova Blavatsky]) will be very great if the Masters' plans are to be carried through to fruition, and the movement must be set on foot in preparation for the coming of Him for Whom all nations wait

  Alice Bailey

  Years, Psychics, Feet

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• The decision to serve a mission will shape the spiritual destiny of the missionary, his or her spouse, and their posterity for generations to come. A desire to serve is a natural outcome of one's conversion, worthiness, and preparation.

  Russell M. Nelson

  Spiritual, Destiny, Decision

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• In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Encouragement, Differences, Missionary

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• You see something or hear a sound, and there you have everything just as it is.
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  Whatever you do, it should be an expression of the same deep activity. We should appreciate what we are doing. There is no preparation for something else.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Expression, Appreciate, Sound

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• The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.

  Joe Slovo

  Southern, Minorities, Commencement

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• Success results when preparation meets opportunity.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Success, Opportunity, Results

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• After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.

  A. J. Jacobs

  Vegetables, Violence, Innocent

  A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

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• There are three forces--of the body, mind and feeling. Unless these are together, equally developed and harmonized, a steady connection cannot be made with a higher force. Everything in the Work is a preparation for that connection. That is the aim of the work. The higher energy wishes to but cannot come down to the level of the body unless one works. Only by working can you fulfill your purpose and participate in the life of the cosmos. This is what can give meaning and significance to your life.

  Jeanne de Salzmann

  Giving, Feelings, Mind

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• The real preparation for education is the study of one's self.

  Maria Montessori

  Real, Self, Study

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• Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Fun, Differences, Important

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• Assuming that tomorrow will be the same as today is poor preparation for living. It equips us only for disappointment or, more likely, for shock. To live well, to be mentally healthy, we must learn to realize that life is a work in process.

  Joan D. Chittister

  Disappointment, Healthy, Today

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• The best preparation for worship is not a rehearsal, but surrender.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Rehearsal, Worship, Surrender

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• Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Death, Moral, Terror

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• You have to understand, in this fight, the physical condition and technical preparation are not as important as character and will. The one who's willing to go until the end will win the match.

  Ruslan Provodnikov

  Character, Fighting, Winning

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• Eventually you realize that your whole life up to now has been preparation, and you begin to suspect that the rest might be preparation, too.

  Robert Breault

  Carpe Diem, Might, Realizing

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• To wash one's hair, make one's toilet, and put on scented robes; even if not a soul sees one, these preparations still produce an inner pleasure.

  Sei Shonagon

  Hair, Self, Soul

  Sei Shōnagon (1967). “The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon”

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• Everything that we do has a spiritual essence. There is a spiritual dimension in everything. All of life has meaning and everything that you do in life is in preparation for your great meeting. This great meeting is your meeting with your Lord, which is absolutely inevitable.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Spiritual, Essence, Dimensions

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• I appeal to all men and women, whether they be eminent or humble, to declare that they will refuse to give any further assistance to war or the preparation of war.

  Albert Einstein

  War, Humble, Men

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.250, Princeton University Press

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• Three hours of writing require twenty hours of preparation. Luckily I have learned to dream about the work, which saves me some working time.

  John Steinbeck

  Dream, Writing, Twenties

  John Steinbeck (1989). “Steinbeck: A Life in Letters”, p.67, Penguin

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• Talking about straws and camels' backs is just one way of approaching things. If you have enough camels, no backs need be broken.

  Idries Shah

  Talking, Broken, Camels

  Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.134, Octagon Press Ltd

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