#preparation

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything. ↗

— William H. Macy

#just #ninety #percent #preparation

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

#art #being #essential #failures #life

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

— William Osler

#preparation #superbly #today #tomorrow #well

So many actors have sheer guts, will, and determination; they just need some preparation. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#guts #just #many #need #preparation

Training is such a vital part of preparation for a game, you really do train to play. It tops up your ability, like sharpening a carving knife. You can get away with not doing it for a while, as long as you have reached a certain standard of fitness. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#ability #away #carving #certain #doing

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#matter #meeting #opportunity #preparation

The Middle East is more angry than ever. I'm afraid that the sort of deceit on the route to war was linked to the lack of preparation for afterwards and the chaos and suffering that continuous - so it won't go away will it? ↗

— Clare Short

#afterwards #angry #away #chaos #continuous

The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#good #ideal #preparation #tour #us

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching. ↗

— Edwin Moses

#i #injury #never #particular #preparation

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day (attributed to Matthew Henry) ↗

— Francis Chan

#preparation #business