preparation

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d9a0f2d	Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.	abyss facts humble inspirational learning nature open-minded peace peace-of-mind preconceptions preparation risk science	Thomas Huxley
b225538	All things are ready, if our mind be so.	preparation preparedness readiness	William Shakespeare
0460ee5	What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises--no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.	fighting gurney-halleck practice preparation training warrior-training	Frank Herbert
6d41714	Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.	preparation	Sun Tzu
417a2c2	Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.	hard-work hemingway luck preparation the-old-man-and-the-sea	Ernest Hemingway
165a181	But, if you've decided to go out on a limb and kill one, for goodness' sake, be prepared. We all read, with dismay, the sad story of a good woman wronged in south Mississippi who took that option and made a complete mess of the entire thing. See, first she shot him. Well, she saw right off the bat that that was a mistake because then she had this enormous dead body to deal with. He was every bit as much trouble to her dead as he ever had been alive, and was getting more so all the time. So then, she made another snap decision to cut him up in pieces and dispose of him a hunk at a time. More poor planning. First, she didn't have the proper carving utensils on hand and hacking him up proved to be just a major chore, plus it made just this colossal mess on her off-white shag living room carpet. It's getting to be like the Cat in the Hat now, only Thing Two ain't showing up to help with the clean-up. She finally gets him into portable-size portions, and wouldn't you know it? Cheap trash bags. Can anything else possible go wrong for this poor woman? So, the lesson here is obvious--for want of a small chain saw, a roll of Visqueen and some genuine Hefty bags, she is in Parchman Penitentiary today instead of New Orleans, where she'd planned to go with her new boyfriend. Preparation is everything.	murder preparation	Jill Conner Browne
6b85892	The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago...	death memories parents preparation	Joan Didion
6f42dca	From now on, it is our task to suspect each and everyone amongst us. Forewarned is forearmed. Take no risks and be alert to danger. That is all.	preparation thriller thriller-novels	Agatha Christie
c3bd638	There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.	preparation	Robert A. Heinlein
4acfbd3	Man upon this earth must expect everything, and ought to face everything.	bravery honour preparation	Alexandre Dumas
dc69ed1	Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations.	preparation travel travel-writing	Eugene Linden
31b528a	Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance, as they say in the army - and I always, always want to be ready. Just like Bigfoot.	cooking food food-writing preparation ready	Anthony Bourdain
9f32ba4	Remember the seven Ps. Seven what? Proper preparation and planning... Prevent piss-poor performance.	planning preparation	Garth Ennis
37e0c9d	It has been written that so much of life is preparation, so much is routine, and so much is retrospect that the purest essence of anyone's genius contracts itself to a precious few hours.	genius preparation routine	James D Hornfischer
78f182d	No one's ever really ready for a troll.	preparation troll	Eoin Colfer
efb5891	It's all right to drill your crew, but why not drill the passengers.	preparation	Erik Larson
61f8dea	Even though my reason wanted the state of death, I was afraid like a virgin of the act. I would have liked death to come with due warning, so that I could prepare myself. For what? I didn't know, nor how, except by taking a look around at the little I would be leaving.	preparation virgin	Graham Greene
2161938	Michael looked around the beautiful garden with its many colored flowers, fragrant lemon trees, the old statures of the gods dug from ancient ruins, other newer ones of holy saints, the rose-colored walls across the villa. It was a lovely setting for the examination of twelve murderous apostles.	foreshadowing preparation	Mario Puzo

d9a0f2d

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.

abyss facts humble inspirational learning nature open-minded peace peace-of-mind preconceptions preparation risk science

Thomas Huxley

b225538

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

preparation preparedness readiness

William Shakespeare

0460ee5

What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises--no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.

fighting gurney-halleck practice preparation training warrior-training

Frank Herbert

6d41714

Plan for what it is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while it is small.

preparation

Sun Tzu

417a2c2

Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

hard-work hemingway luck preparation the-old-man-and-the-sea

Ernest Hemingway

165a181

But, if you've decided to go out on a limb and kill one, for goodness' sake, be prepared. We all read, with dismay, the sad story of a good woman wronged in south Mississippi who took that option and made a complete mess of the entire thing. See, first she shot him. Well, she saw right off the bat that that was a mistake because then she had this enormous dead body to deal with. He was every bit as much trouble to her dead as he ever had been alive, and was getting more so all the time. So then, she made another snap decision to cut him up in pieces and dispose of him a hunk at a time. More poor planning. First, she didn't have the proper carving utensils on hand and hacking him up proved to be just a major chore, plus it made just this colossal mess on her off-white shag living room carpet. It's getting to be like the Cat in the Hat now, only Thing Two ain't showing up to help with the clean-up. She finally gets him into portable-size portions, and wouldn't you know it? Cheap trash bags. Can anything else possible go wrong for this poor woman? So, the lesson here is obvious--for want of a small chain saw, a roll of Visqueen and some genuine Hefty bags, she is in Parchman Penitentiary today instead of New Orleans, where she'd planned to go with her new boyfriend. Preparation is everything.

murder preparation

Jill Conner Browne

6b85892

The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago...

death memories parents preparation

Joan Didion

6f42dca

From now on, it is our task to suspect each and everyone amongst us. Forewarned is forearmed. Take no risks and be alert to danger. That is all.

preparation thriller thriller-novels

Agatha Christie

c3bd638

There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

preparation

Robert A. Heinlein

4acfbd3

Man upon this earth must expect everything, and ought to face everything.

bravery honour preparation

Alexandre Dumas

dc69ed1

Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations.

preparation travel travel-writing

Eugene Linden

31b528a

Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance, as they say in the army - and I always, always want to be ready. Just like Bigfoot.

cooking food food-writing preparation ready

Anthony Bourdain

9f32ba4

Remember the seven Ps. Seven what? Proper preparation and planning... Prevent piss-poor performance.

planning preparation

Garth Ennis

37e0c9d

It has been written that so much of life is preparation, so much is routine, and so much is retrospect that the purest essence of anyone's genius contracts itself to a precious few hours.

genius preparation routine

James D Hornfischer

78f182d

No one's ever really ready for a troll.

preparation troll

Eoin Colfer

efb5891

It's all right to drill your crew, but why not drill the passengers.

preparation

Erik Larson

61f8dea

Even though my reason wanted the state of death, I was afraid like a virgin of the act. I would have liked death to come with due warning, so that I could prepare myself. For what? I didn't know, nor how, except by taking a look around at the little I would be leaving.

preparation virgin

Graham Greene

2161938

Michael looked around the beautiful garden with its many colored flowers, fragrant lemon trees, the old statures of the gods dug from ancient ruins, other newer ones of holy saints, the rose-colored walls across the villa. It was a lovely setting for the examination of twelve murderous apostles.

foreshadowing preparation

Mario Puzo