Preparation Quotes - Page 25

• 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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• But days even earlier than these, in April, have a charm, — even days that seem raw and rainy, when the sky is dull and a bequest of March - wind lingers, chasing the squirrel from the tree and the children from the meadows. There is a fascination in walking through these bare early woods, – there is such a pause of preparation, winter's work is so cleanly and thoroughly done. Everything is taken down and put away.

  Thomas Wentworth Higginson

  Summer, Spring, Taken

  "The Procession of the Flowers: And Kindred Papers".

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• I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made.

  Samuel Johnson

  Art, Book, Writing

  Samuel Johnson (2010). “Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.183, Canongate Books

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• Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is an inestimable prize. There are, then, these two preparations: one for life and the other for death. Therefore we value and are ashamed to value ourselves.

  Saul Bellow

  Self, Hands, Civilization

  Saul Bellow (2003). “Novels, 1944-1953”

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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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• Everything that a painter did or that a writer wrote was a part of his training and preparation for what he was to do.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Writing, Training, Painter

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Islands in the Stream: A Novel”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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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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• Once you start buying first aid kits you start having accidents.

  George Mikes

  Buying, Firsts, Aids

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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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• Infield practice is more mystic ritual than preparation, encouraging the big-leaguer, no less than the duffer in the stands, to believe in spite of all evidence to the contrary, that playing ball is a snap.

  Roger Angell

  Sports, Believe, Practice

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• Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Book, Reading, Doe

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• There is a time and a place for creativity.

  William Redington Hewlett

  Creativity, Freedom Of Speech, Pink Panther

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• As soon as a thought darts, I write it down.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Writing, Darts

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• I am giving this winter two courses of lectures to three students, of which one is only moderately prepared, the other less than moderately, and the third lacks both preparation and ability. Such are the onera of a mathematical profession.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Education, Winter, Science

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• When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.

  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

  Reflection, Doubt, Levels

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• For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am devoted to that and that is what I work from. Any research I do or any preparation I do on my own is all ultimately in service of that.

  James Spader

  Play, Research, Television

  "Q&A: James Spader repeats history in 'Lincoln'". Interview with Amanda Meyncke, www.mtv.com. November 23, 2012.

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• Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.

  Melissa Bean

  Country, India, Irs

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• My husband's family is military. Preparation is just, from that family perspective, it's just a part of what makes sense to do. You buy insurance for your house; you have a go bag.

  Sarah Wayne Callies

  Husband, Military, Perspective

  "Q&A – Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori Grimes)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. November 2010.

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• My feeling is... when you show up to a movie set where there's, like, 50 people standing around and months of preparation gone into it, you want to be as prepared as possible, so you should make a million baguettes. That might not actually help in any explicit way, but it'll make you feel more prepared.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  People, Feelings, Might

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• Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

  Ana Gasteyer

  Character, Way, Losing

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• A journalist and an information architect face exactly the same problem - how to give shape to the pile of information in front of you in a way that will make it easy and natural for people to comprehend. I can't imagine any better preparation for the work I do now.

  Jesse James Garrett

  People, Giving, Shapes

  Interview with Erin Malone, boxesandarrows.com. October 27, 2002.

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• I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.

  Sam Elliott

  Boys, Thinking, Years

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