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• If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Government, Cities, President

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• Becoming a writer is not a 'career decision' like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you're not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days.

  Paul Auster

  Careers, Doctors, Long

  Paul Auster (2011). “Collected Prose”, p.247, Faber & Faber

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• In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.

  Edward de Bono

  Cost, Strive, Deals

  Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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• Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it's like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left.

  David Bowie

  Running, Unique, Years

  "Apple iCloud — Amnesty for Music Pirates?" by David Kusek, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2011.

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• The frying pan you should give to your enemy. Food should not be prepared in fat. Our bodies are adapted to a stone age diet of roots and vegetables.

  Denis Parsons Burkitt

  Science, Vegetables, Roots

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• The worst food you'll ever eat will probably be prepared by a 'cook' who calls himself a 'chef.' Mark my words.

  Alton Brown

  Chef, Mark, Worst

  Twitter post from Apr 12, 2012

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• If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.

  Barbara Bush

  Thinking, Wife, President

  "Barbara Bush On Obama’s Reelection: ‘People Spoke. Move On, Get On With It’" by Melanie Warner, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2012.

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• The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

  John Marshall

  Men, Law, Doe

  John Marshall, Joseph Potter Cotton (2000). “The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall”, p.142, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.

  Camille Paglia

  Children, Dad, Father

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared.

  John Mica

  Taken, Moscow, Mumbai

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• It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic.

  Ryan Phillippe

  Lucky, Want, Incredibles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Fighting is pure chaos, and to be a good fighter you simply have to be prepared mentally and physically to handle that chaos.

  B.J. Penn

  Fighting, Fighter, Chaos

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• As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of our power.

  William J. Clinton

  Inspirational, Example, Century

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• Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.

  Randy Pausch

  Attitude, Optimistic, Thinking

  Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The last lecture”, Hyperion Books

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• It is important also to consider, that the surest means of avoiding war is to be prepared for it in peace.

  Joseph Story

  War, Mean, Important

  Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.415

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• The most fundamental paradox is that if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We Americans don't want war and we don't start fights. We don't maintain a strong military force to conquer or coerce others. The purpose of our military is simple and straightforward: we want to prevent war.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strong, Military, War

  "The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words".

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• Alliances are crucial to success in the political sphere. However, if we are to approach other organizations to propose alliances for the public good, we must be prepared to assert a far more important role for the library. We must clearly define what we do and establish and assert the relationship of libraries to basic democratic freedoms, to the fundamental humanistic principles that are central to our very way of life. . . .

  Arthur Curley

  Organization, Political, Democracy

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• If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty.

  James Madison

  Freedom, Law, People

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Motivational, Letting Go, Happy Life

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Oct 30, 2011

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• Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which lie ahead. You have our love and our confidence. We pray that you will be prepared for the reins of leadership. We say to you, "Arise and shine forth" and be a light unto the world, a standard to others.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Leadership, Lying, Light

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• In my commencement address I gave the language and sources of the prophetic utterance made by the Prophet Joseph that the Constitution of the United States would hang by a single thread, but be saved by the elders of Israel. I hope you will read those sources so you will be well-informed as to this prophecy and be prepared to do your part in its fulfillment.

  Ernest L. Wilkinson

  Israel, United States, Utterance

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• For what does it mean to be a hero? It requires you to be
  prepared to deal with forces larger than yourself.

  Norman Mailer

  Hero, Mean, Doe

  Norman Mailer (2003). “The Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing”, p.148, Random House

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• No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must be prepared to take the rough spots along the road with a certain equanimity, though allowed some grinding of the teeth.

  Stanley Ellin

  Writing, Gun, Choices

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• You’ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peers… You will be a floozy and a slattern. He will be virile and a ladies’ man. You will be a freakshow, a retching wretch, a sloppy drunk. He will be charismatic, vainglorious, a ferocious drunk and Dionysian. You will be indiscriminate and desperate. He will be generous, tortured and driven.

  Courtney Love

  Men, Names, Drunk

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared ... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.

  Shirley Hufstedler

  Teacher, Children, Teaching

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