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• We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent - or they themselves - was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible.

  Jean Genet

  Cheating, Adventure, Games

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• There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Love, Life, Way

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.73, eKitap Projesi

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• The truth is, that, even with the most secure tenure of office, during good behavior, the danger is not, that the judges will be too firm in resisting public opinion, and in defence of private rights or public liberties; but, that they will be ready to yield themselves to the passions, and politics, and prejudices of the day.

  Joseph Story

  Passion, Yield, Rights

  Joseph Story (1858). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: with a preliminary review of the constitutional history of the colonies and states, before the adoption of the Constitution”, p.464

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• Our idea is to create a situation in which those lands to which we have obligations or in which we have interests, if they are ready to fight a fire, should be able to count on us to furnish the hose and water.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Fighting, Fire, Land

  Interview with C. L. Sulzberger, The New York Times (p. 14), March 8, 1971.

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• Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Heart, Self, Wind

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• Not having a schedule is OK if it's your PhD and you plan to spend 14 years on the thing, or if you're a programmer working on the next Duke Nukem and we'll ship when we're good and ready. But for almost any kind of real business, you just have to know how long things are going to take, because developing a product costs money.

  Joel Spolsky

  Real, Years, Long

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• Let's get ready to rumble!

  Michael Buffer

  Boxing, Rumble

  Quoted in Newsday, 4 Feb. 1989

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• We have had no specific or credible threats, but we don't take that as any kind of comfort. We know we need to be ready and we know that, that vigilance is the price of freedom.

  Greg Nickels

  Comfort, Needs, Kind

  "Americans urged to enjoy 4th, stay vigilant". www.cnn.com. July 1, 2002.

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• There's one way to do showbiz, if you want to do it perfectly, you have to be disciplined and you have to be ready to work really hard.

  Celine Dion

  Want, Way, Hard

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

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• A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

  Bruce Lee

  Moving, Artist, Quality

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.22, Tuttle Publishing

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• Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go.

  Sandra Oh

  Let Her Go, Feels

  "Sandra Oh to Exit 'Grey's Anatomy' (Exclusive)" Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 13, 2013.

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• I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.

  Iggy Pop

  Believe, Boys, Whales

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• Making an effort is polite, and getting ready and looking after yourself makes an event more fun.

  Jude Law

  Fun, Effort, Events

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• Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready made products we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are 'readymades aided' and also works of assemblage.

  Marcel Duchamp

  Artist, World, Painting

  Marcel Duchamp (1973). “Marchand du sel”

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• There's a real sense of freedom now. It's a good time to finish, I think. As much as I'm going to miss it I'm ready to move on and do different things.

  Rupert Grint

  Real, Moving, Thinking

  "Grint: 'It's time for Potter to end'" by Tom Ayres, www.digitalspy.com. November 20, 2010.

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• If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them.

  Joe Morton

  Giving, Want, Film

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• I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one.

  Gloria Stuart

  Book, Lasts, Next

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• Well, it's one of the things that will. Words are good, and words help us become the leading species on earth to the point where we are now ready to wipe ourselves off the earth. But I think that all the arts are needed, and sports too, and cooking, food, and all these different ways of communication. Smiles, looking into eyes directly, all these different means of communication are needed to save this world. But certainly a great melody

  Pete Seeger

  Sports, Art, Communication

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• I realized that so much of the pressure I was feeling was from outside sources, and I knew I wasn't ready to take that step into motherhood. [...] Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around.

  Kim Cattrall

  Mother, Feelings, Pressure

  "Kim Cattrall's Aha! Moment". O, The Oprah Magazine, www.oprah.com. March 2003.

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• I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Mom, Focus, Skating

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• Reality, as you currently experience it, is something like a waking dream. It is disguising deeper and more intensified levels of being and knowing. For those who are ready and willing, the doors to those other levels now stand open.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Dream, Reality, Doors

  Daniel Pinchbeck (2012). “The 2012 Collection”, p.290, Penguin

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• And it took me about 11 years to get a record deal, and I just had to work around and come to terms with the fact that what I was doing was going to be different, and I just had to wait until somebody was ready to jump on the bandwagon.

  Lee Ann Womack

  Work, Years, Waiting

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• Especially like right now, I'm not shooting a show so you get to act. You get to do that stuff, kind of treat everyone as 'All right, throw the paint against the wall and see what I can do with this and what people say.' I think it's a great mental workout because you have to ready something, learn something fast. It's good to stay on your toes and keep sharp if you're auditioning.

  Aaron Tveit

  Workout, Wall, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Don’t look at other people and compare yourself. Just do the work. Because when the opportunity is there, you have to be ready. Make sure your craft is refined and you’re constantly working on it. Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

  Tika Sumpter

  Weed, Moving, Opportunity

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• My agent didn't want me on Disney because I'm older. But honestly, I'm not ready for older roles yet, or even the things older girls do. I am still young.

  Ashley Tisdale

  Girl, Roles, Agents

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

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