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• Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

  Nas

  Crazy, Divorce, Love Is

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

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• But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Winning, Control Myself, Wells

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• Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Mean, Opportunity, Government

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• I wasn't prepared for the fact that grief is so unpredictable. It wasn't just sadness, and it wasn't linear. Somehow I'd thought that the first days would be the worst and then it would get steadily better - like getting over the flu. That's not how it was.

  Meghan O'Rourke

  Grief, Sadness, Flu

  "Meghan O'Rourke: The Long Good-Bye". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. April 26, 2011.

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• In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Party, Facts

  Second Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 25 January 2011, Washington, D.C.

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• I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

  Edward James Olmos

  Thinking, Hands, Office

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• One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

  Merlin Olsen

  Funny, Pain, Nfl

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

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• I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, 'Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from God no one will stop you, but you must be prepared.'

  Pele

  Football, Father, Philosophy

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• When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Military, Responsibility

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 11, 2012.

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• Terrorism has once again shown it is prepared deliberately to stop at nothing in creating human victims. An end must be put to this. As never before, it is vital to unite forces of the entire world community against terror.

  Vladimir Putin

  Creating, Community, World

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• Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.

  Jeremy Renner

  Moving, House, Creative

  "Brutal Honesty from Jeremy Renner, Streep & Coen Talk Film in China, Knightley on Dangerous Method & Anna Karenina" by Sophia Savage, www.indiewire.com. November 22, 2011.

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• Everybody should want to make sure that we have the cyber tools necessary to investigate cyber crimes, and to be prepared to defend against them and to bring people to justice who commit it.

  Janet Reno

  People, Justice, Tools

  "Exit Interview: Janet Reno". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. January 18, 2001.

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• Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

  Pat Riley

  Change, Sports, Promotion

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Mother Nature may be forgiving this year, or next year, but eventually she's going to come around and whack you. You've got to be prepared.

  Geraldo Rivera

  Mother, Nature, Years

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• True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.

  Tom Robbins

  Order, Organization, Waiting

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.222, Bantam

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• Adoptive parents are taking on enormous responsibility, both emotionally and financially. Quite frankly, they need as much disclosure as possible about the child's background and health to assure the best fit and be prepared.

  Pat Robertson

  Children, Health, Responsibility

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• And I cannot tell you how much I appreciate that because the days are long, the road is hard, the trials are there and I never know when, I have this little gray cloud that's over my head, when it's gonna start raining on me again. And I do need everyone's prayers. But I also believe that we're here for a purpose, and Mitt is prepared.

  Ann Romney

  Prayer, Rain, Believe

  "Ann Romney talks about herself in Connecticut" by Maggie Haberman, www.politico.com. April 24, 2012.

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• Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.

  Karl Rove

  War, Understanding, Saws

  "Rove Criticizes Liberals on 9/11". www.nytimes.com. June 23, 2005.

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• I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.

  Karl Rove

  Strong, Thinking, Wings

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• Coming into the music industry, even when I was a kid, one thing I learned is timing is everything. You being prepared is everything.

  Kelly Rowland

  Inspiring, Kids, Timing

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• Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own.

  Marco Rubio

  Simple, Ideas, Alternatives

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• I am prepared to discuss the things that I believe we need to do not just to raise the debt limit. Raising the debt limit is the easiest thing. That's one vote away. The hard thing is to show the world we are serious about putting our spending in order so we can show people we'll able to pay our bills down the road.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Order, People

  Senate Floor Speech On The Debt, www.rubio.senate.gov. July 30, 2011.

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• Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry.

  Rita Rudner

  Funny, Marriage, Pain

  Rita Rudner (2008). “I Still Have It . . . I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It: Confessions of a Fiftysomething”, p.86, Crown Archetype

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• I have never really cooked, don't know how to use my dishwasher, and subsist mainly on prepared deli takeout. I don't even eat in restaurants much.

  Jerry Saltz

  Use, Dishwashers, Restaurants

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• When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Strength, Compassion

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

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