#preparations

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime. ↗

— Gail Godwin

#been #lifetime #making #none #overnight

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#both #both sides #defeat #followed #military

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#both #carry #day #die #dying

The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches. ↗

— Russel Honore

#best #coming #eye #here #preparations

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations. ↗

— Ted Allen

#deal #department #great #great deal #how

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting. ↗

— John Bolton

#before #engage #make #meeting #obviously

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. ↗

— William Manchester

#awesome #behold #dress #edwardian #full

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

— Alva Myrdal

#kind #legitimacy #preparations #war

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

#aimed #being #collective #confrontation #faced

The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#correction #done #errors #i #new