#rep

If what I've been told is true - and I believe it is, General David Petraeus, a commander with soldiers deployed in two theaters of war, has had multiple meetings with Dick Cheney, the former vice-president of the United States, to discuss Petraeus's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency. ↗

— Eric Massa

#believe #candidacy #cheney #commander #david

I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

#avoid #china #confrontation #country #current

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head. ↗

— Malcolm Mclaren

#any #anything #art #art school #be prepared

I'm supposed to be this complete slapper, that's my reputation. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#i #reputation #supposed

My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details. ↗

— Joan Miro

#appear #been #characters #colors #details

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#already #built #capable #chosen #everyone

If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance. ↗

— Denise Morrison

#prepare #role #vengeance #want #you

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

— Edwin Moses

#i #injury #never #particular #preparation

Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business. ↗

— Alexander Osterwalder

#believe #burn #business #dangerous #entrepreneurs

I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas. ↗

— Helmut Newton

#before #books #down #everything #forget