#preparation

In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence. ↗

— James Monroe

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Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will. ↗

— James Monroe

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Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement. ↗

— Dwight L. Moody

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Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

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War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

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I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation. ↗

— Liam Neeson

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The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. ↗

— William Osler

#preparation #superbly #today #tomorrow #well

For my part, I do not feel that the scheme of future happiness, which ought by rights to be in preparation for me, will be at all interfered with by my not meeting again the man I have in my. mind. ↗

— James Payn

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The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

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