Preparation Quotes - Page 9

• Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon which his heart is set. This is true of earthly as of heavenly things. Even the man whose object is to acquire wealth must be prepared to make great personal sacrifices before he can accomplish his object; and how much more so he who would realize a strong and well-poised life.

  James Allen

  Strong, Heart, Sacrifice

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• The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort at his disposal to force the battle to swing the way he wishes it to go; he must make the enemy dance to his tune from the beginning and not vice versa.

  Bernard Law Montgomery

  Military, Fighting, Swings

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• Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.

  Menander

  Life, Men, Events

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• No man not inspired can make a good speech without preparation.

  Daniel Webster

  Reality, Men, Speech

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• It's very contradictory for a man to teach about the murder in corporate capitalism, to isolate and expose the murderes behind it, to instruct that these madmen are completely without stops, are licentious, totally depraved — and then not make adequate preparations to defend himself from the madman's attack. Either they don't really believe their own spiel or they harbor some sort of subconscious death wish

  George Jackson

  Believe, Men, Wish

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• In almost every country there are elements of opinion which would welcome such a conclusion because they wish to return to the politics of the balance of power, unrestricted and unregulated armaments, international anarchy, and preparation for war.

  Arthur Henderson

  Country, War, Balance

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• True success is one of the greatest needs. Success is not something you stumble onto or come to by accident. It is something you must sincerely prepare for. Take a good look at successes, and you'll see he same consistent qualities all the time - qualities of one's character that make one strive for a goal with a standard of unmatched excellence.

  Reggie Jackson

  Success, Sports, Character

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• The definition of success is total preparation.

  George Allen

  Definitions, Definition Of Success

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• It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.

  Louis Finkelstein

  Religious, Military, War

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• Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.

  Paul Johnson

  War, Self, Long

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• Whatever happened to preparations A through G?

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Happened

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• There wasn't very much time between wrapping Revolutionary Road and starting The Reader. It was about five and a half months, which, for me, isn't that long. Some actors are very good at just going from one thing to another but I've always been a bit useless at that. The preparation time is important for me.

  Kate Winslet

  Long, Important, Half

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I love to work this way - I love the time of preparation. If you feed yourself with all the information and you get to understand who the character is then you can really be her.

  Marion Cotillard

  Character, Information, Way

  "Public Enemies - Marion Cotillard interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I believe that luck is opportunity meeting preparation.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Believe, Opportunity, Luck

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The importance of rehearsal is maybe you want to talk about how the scene's going to be designed, how it's going to be staged, all of those things. It's all about preparation, and deciding what mutually you don't want to do, rather than necessarily what you do.

  Sam Mendes

  Rehearsal, Want, Scene

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I approach every week the same. I think I've always tried to be very professional to how I approach the game, my preparation. Every game is important.

  Tom Brady

  Thinking, Games, Important

  "Tom Brady on Deflategate, Gisele and Donald Trump". Interview with John Carucci, www.boston.com. October 15, 2015.

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• All the preparation in the world doesn't avail you if you can't make that imaginative leap and put yourself in the position of the characters you've created, to imagine what it's like to be somebody else.

  Michael Chabon

  Character, World, Imagine

  Interview with Elizabeth Benefiel, www.avclub.com. July 5, 2007.

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• Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

  Kenneth Branagh

  Philosophical, Intellectual, Stories

  Interview with Graham Fuller, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 6, 2012.

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• I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation. I like to just go out and do it. Of course, that doesn't mean actors are free to do whatever they like, they're always being directed.

  Patrice Leconte

  Mean, Actors, Rehearsal

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• When I got home from school, I never knew which mood of my mom was gonna be on the other side of the door. I didn't know what I was gonna get when I turned the doorknob. That's very good preparation if you want to be a producer.

  Gary Dell'Abate

  Mom, Home, School

  "The other side of Baba Booey, revealed in new book". Interview with Alicia Rancilio, www.victoriaadvocate.com. November 17, 2010.

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• Eleven years is a great length of time to prepare a movie, it would be wonderful to have 11 years of funded preparation.

  Tilda Swinton

  Years, Would Be, Wonderful

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I don't think we'll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.

  Robert Barron

  Thinking, Revolution, Advent

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• The immediate cause of World War III is the military preparation of it.

  C. Wright Mills

  Military, War, World

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• War, and the preparation for war, are the two greatest obstacles to human progress, fostering a vicious cycle of arms buildups, violence and poverty.

  Oscar Arias

  War, Two, Progress

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• What better preparation for a history which seeks to bring societies to life and to understand that life than to have really lived, commanded men, suffered with them and shared their joys.

  Lucien Febvre

  Men, Joy

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