#prep

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

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Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#anyone #be prepared #dreams #follow #hard

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems. ↗

— Alec Baldwin

#get #i #idea #less #older

I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic. A Buick radiator grille is as much a political statement as a Rolls Royce radiator grille, one enshrining a machine aesthetic driven by a populist optimism, the other enshrining a hierarchical and exclusive social order. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#change #cultural #driven #exclusive #great

Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#effective #fundamental #fundamentally #game #parts

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

#fact #gestures #had #hours #i

Appreciate the power of rumor, often malicious, no matter how preposterous, within the local populations you are seeking to help. ↗

— Alvin Adams

#help #how #local #malicious #matter

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate. ↗

— John Adams

#children #consented #fate #give #house

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#even #future #knowing #modern #our

Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

#christ #come #heart #make #moment