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• If any harm is to come to Turkey's border security, if Turkey reaches the conclusion that this garden of peace is being threatened, it is prepared for any eventuality. We will take the necessary measures to reduce the risks related to cross-border security.

  Ahmet Davutoglu

  Peace, Garden, Turkeys

  "Report: Turkey Considering Invasion of Syria to Establish Buffer Zone". www.haaretz.com. June 29, 2015.

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• In a conservative old town, say something new and be prepared for the stones!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Stones, Towns, Conservative

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• I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

  Mike Trout

  Baseball, Thinking, People

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• We must be prepared to pay a price for freedom, for no price that is ever asked for it is half the cost of doing without it.

  H. L. Mencken

  Cost, Half, Pay

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• Be prepared for disappointment and frustration. Be persistent and bounce back even more determined to succeed.

  Paul Clitheroe

  Disappointment, Frustration, Determined To Succeed

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• Our prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life. People only see what they are prepared to see.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Things In Life, People, Prejudice

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• Every nursing mother, in the midst of her little dependent brood, has far more right to whine, sulk or scold, as temperament dictates, because beefsteak and coffee are not prepared for her and exactly to her taste, than any man ever had or ever can have during the present stage of human evolution.

  Antoinette Brown Blackwell

  Mother, Coffee, Nursing

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• My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.

  Andy Garcia

  Son, Simple, Recipes

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• Fortune favors the prepared.

  Howard Hawks

  Favors, Fortune

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• You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.

  Ryan Giggs

  Sleep, Games, Bigs

  "EXCLUSIVE: When Gary met Ryan... 'I've never, ever experienced a shock like that on the football pitch,' says Giggs on United's Champions League exit". Interview with Gary Neville, www.dailymail.co.uk. March 9, 2013.

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• Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.

  John Wooden

  Decision, Action, Failing

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• Do not lose heart, even if you must wait a bit before finding the right thing. Be prepared for disappointment also, but do not abandon the quest.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Disappointment, Heart, Waiting

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• Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great. To many people, being nice in order to be liked is more important. There's equal merit in that, but you must not confuse being good with being liked.

  Paul Arden

  Nice, Sacrifice, Order

  "It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be". Book by Paul Arden, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2003.

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• The actor's relationship to the crew is really a big dynamic that influences everything. When actors are assholes, it becomes problematic. When actors are great and sensitive and prepared, it makes a huge difference.

  Paris Barclay

  Differences, Actors, Influence

  Source: collider.com

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• Sometimes you know about a job four months in advance. Sometimes you know about a job four days in advance. It's all different, and my thing is just to try to stay prepared. It's like being a boxer. You never know when you're going to get your next fight, so you have to just stay in shape, mentally and physically and creatively.

  Michael Rapaport

  Jobs, Fighting, Trying

  Source: collider.com

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• You can't do in a race what you haven't prepared for.

  Kara Goucher

  Race, Havens

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• One of the difficulties of politics is that politicians are shocked by those who are really prepared to let their thinking reach any conclusion. Political thinking consists in deciding upon the conclusion first and then finding good arguments for it. An open mind is considered irresponsible- and perhaps it really is.

  Richard Crossman

  Thinking, Political, Mind

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• Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

  Richard N. Haass

  Giving Up, Government, Addresses

  "State sovereignty must be altered in globalized era" by Richard Haass, www.taipeitimes.com. February 21, 2006.

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• People that are brilliant and successful, we think they've just always been that way. That's not the case. Most of them have had some tough adversity in their life. It's prepared them. I've never felt like you could develop character without adversity.

  Bobby Bowden

  Character, Adversity, Successful

  Interview with Chad Bonham, christiansportsjournal.com. October 5, 2016.

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• Having money hasn't changed me. If anything it's made my life worse. People come up to you who knew you before you were famous and who didn't come up to you before. I'm a clever designer. I can do what the client wants. But I'm prepared to forget about money if it affects my creativity because, remember, I started off with nothing. And I can do that again.

  Alexander McQueen

  Clever, Creativity, People

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• To improve your life, be prepared to make new choices and decisions.

  Brian Tracy

  Choices, Decision, Life Is

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• Corrupted by wealth and power, your government is like a restaurant with only one dish. They've got a set of Republican waiters on one side and a set of Democratic waiters on the other side. But no matter which set of waiters brings you the dish, the legislative grub is all prepared in the same Wall Street kitchen.

  Huey Long

  Wall, Government, Long

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• Do not compromise on national security for purely budgetary reasons. The world is dangerous, and we must always be prepared for anything that might threaten our national interests and security.

  Sanford Bishop

  Might, World, Compromise

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• The important thing is to be able to understand anyone who has something useful to say. - There is a general moral here. Be very careful and very clear about what you say. But do not be dogmatic about your own language. Be prepared to express any careful thought in the language your audience will understand. And be prepared to learn from someone who talks a language with which you are not familiar.

  Ian Hacking

  Important, Able, Moral

  Ian Hacking (2001). “An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic Desk Examination Edition”, p.38, Cambridge University Press

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• Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.

  Beverly Sills

  Beautiful, Meaningful, Drama

  Beverly Sills (1981). “Bubbles: an encore”

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