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> [Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daley-thompson/retiring-was-hard-i-d-spent-15-years-doing-something-i-loved-but-when/)

[Daley Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daley-thompson/)

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> [Men may be spoiled by education, even as they are spoiled by illiteracy. Education is the preparation of the mind for future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-thomas-fortune/men-may-be-spoiled-by-education-even-as-they-are-spoiled-by/)

[Timothy Thomas Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-thomas-fortune/)

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> [... studying is a preparation for knowing; it is a patient and impatient exercise on the part of someone whose intent is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-freire/studying-is-a-preparation-for-knowing-it-is-a-patient-and-impatient/)

[Paulo Freire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-freire/)

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> [My brain never stops thinking about basketball, and even when I'm asleep, I'm thinking about basketball. I love it; I love the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-hardaway/my-brain-never-stops-thinking-about-basketball-and-even-when-i-m/)

[Penny Hardaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-hardaway/)

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> [I've always been a believer that addressing what's in front of you is a pretty good place to start in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kane-williamson/i-ve-always-been-a-believer-that-addressing-what-s-in-front-of-you-is/)

[Kane Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kane-williamson/)

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> [Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability… We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/unfortunately-there-seems-to-be-far-more-opportunity-out-there-than/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [The first degree of proficiency is, in painting, what grammar is in literature, a general preparation for whatever the student may afterward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-reynolds/the-first-degree-of-proficiency-is-in-painting-what-grammar-is-in/)

[Joshua Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-reynolds/)

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> [“Be positive with every idea surrounding your dreams. Think about the possibility of what you plan to do and approach it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/be-positive-with-every-idea-surrounding-your-dreams-think-about-the/)

[Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/)

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> [Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers. If they arrive at college with literary ambitions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-stegner/young-writers-should-be-encouraged-to-write-and-discouraged-from-2/)

[Wallace Stegner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-stegner/)

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> [This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/this-government-as-promised-has-maintained-the-closest-surveillance/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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> [A man wants to walk across the land, but the earth is covered with thorns. He has two options - one is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-waitzkin/a-man-wants-to-walk-across-the-land-but-the-earth-is-covered-with/)

[Joshua Waitzkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-waitzkin/)

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> [Every peasant cuisine has incredible ingenious tricks for getting a lot of nutrition out of a small amount of ingredients. There are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/every-peasant-cuisine-has-incredible-ingenious-tricks-for-getting-a/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [There are more similarities than differences when it comes to preparation of a performance. You're using some lyrics, you have a relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-johansson/there-are-more-similarities-than-differences-when-it-comes-to/)

[Scarlett Johansson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-johansson/)

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> [Fortunately or otherwise we live at a time when the average individual has to know several times as much in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-cousins/fortunately-or-otherwise-we-live-at-a-time-when-the-average/)

[Norman Cousins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-cousins/)

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> [She was in that highly-wrought state when the reasoning powers act with great rapidity: the state a man is in before a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/she-was-in-that-highly-wrought-state-when-the-reasoning-powers-act/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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> [If either person isn't 100% committed to scale every mountain that comes before you to make your relationship work then you aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cindy-wright/if-either-person-isn-t-100-committed-to-scale-every-mountain-that/)

[Cindy Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cindy-wright/)

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> [If there's a role you're playing and there's a great deal of material to explore because the person was real then it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-thompson/if-there-s-a-role-you-re-playing-and-there-s-a-great-deal-of-material/)

[Emma Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-thompson/)

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> [I think the older you get, the more capable you are of taking that next step in your off-the-field preparation. Whether that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jalen-hurts/i-think-the-older-you-get-the-more-capable-you-are-of-taking-that/)

[Jalen Hurts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jalen-hurts/)

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> [It takes a level of technicality to kick a football, and the same is true of music. There is a composure that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-tucker/it-takes-a-level-of-technicality-to-kick-a-football-and-the-same-is/)

[Justin Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-tucker/)

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> [ The real preparation for \[Christ's\] return is not to act like we know it's coming right now and do something different. It's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-huckabee/the-real-preparation-for-christ-s-return-is-not-to-act-like-we-know/)

[Mike Huckabee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-huckabee/)

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> [The kitchen is the great laboratory of the household, and much of the 'weal and woe' as far as regards bodily health,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabella-beeton/the-kitchen-is-the-great-laboratory-of-the-household-and-much-of-the/)

[Isabella Beeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabella-beeton/)

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> [You can have knowledge, and you can be meticulous in your preparation; but without the unction of the Holy Spirit you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-have-knowledge-and-you-can-be-meticulous-in-your-preparation/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When I cut the feet out of my pantyhose that one time, I saw it as my sign. I had been visualizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-blakely/when-i-cut-the-feet-out-of-my-pantyhose-that-one-time-i-saw-it-as-my/)

[Sara Blakely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-blakely/)

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> [Films allow you more preparation time, keeping the higher budgets in mind. Television makes you work really fast, but maintain certain standards.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indraneel-bhattacharya/films-allow-you-more-preparation-time-keeping-the-higher-budgets-in/)

[Indraneel Bhattacharya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indraneel-bhattacharya/)

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> [“Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/sit-down-before-fact-as-a-little-child-be-prepared-to-give-up-every-2/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

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> [With my dad coming from a theatre tradition, there was a lot of preparation before auditions. Not just in terms of saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haley-joel-osment/with-my-dad-coming-from-a-theatre-tradition-there-was-a-lot-of/)

[Haley Joel Osment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haley-joel-osment/)

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> [I think Hollywood is cleverer than you think. I'm not sure they will do it. I don't think so, but maybe I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-hazanavicius/i-think-hollywood-is-cleverer-than-you-think-i-m-not-sure-they-will/)

[Michel Hazanavicius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-hazanavicius/)

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> [The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-coben/the-preparation-for-building-a-series-of-thrillers-based-on-a-single/)

[Harlan Coben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-coben/)

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> [Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and imagination are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ellen-chase/whatever-laudable-qualities-the-english-may-possess-in-their/)

[Mary Ellen Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ellen-chase/)

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> [When you work for Pat Riley, you're not just putting your hands on the basket and hanging out during practice. He puts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-spoelstra/when-you-work-for-pat-riley-you-re-not-just-putting-your-hands-on-the/)

[Erik Spoelstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-spoelstra/)

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> [Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-alonso/creating-a-top-team-and-being-in-a-position-to-win-the-tour-de-france/)

[Fernando Alonso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-alonso/)

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> [Abundance is a direct reflection of your preparation to live abundantly. People who are ready for abundance keep their heads up, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/abundance-is-a-direct-reflection-of-your-preparation-to-live/)

[Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iyanla-vanzant/)

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> [The first time I did a men's game, it was strictly because of an emergency. I went down with no preparation, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-burke/the-first-time-i-did-a-men-s-game-it-was-strictly-because-of-an/)

[Doris Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-burke/)

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> [ \[Donald Trump \] would make history in so many ways because he is a candidate who eschewed the traditional arts of political… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-liasson/donald-trump-would-make-history-in-so-many-ways-because-he-is-a/)

[Mara Liasson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-liasson/)

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> [In times when the tempo for struggle is not very high, you prepare populations by conducting acts of courage-building, confidence-building, respect for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-prashad/in-times-when-the-tempo-for-struggle-is-not-very-high-you-prepare/)

[Vijay Prashad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijay-prashad/)

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> [It's the same kind of preparation you do for something like this you do for anything. It doesn't matter if it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-biel/it-s-the-same-kind-of-preparation-you-do-for-something-like-this-you/)

[Jessica Biel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-biel/)

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> [Preparing for roles sounds so academic, doesn't it? It feels as if you are preparing for an examination! In a creative medium,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-kay-menon/preparing-for-roles-sounds-so-academic-doesn-t-it-it-feels-as-if-you/)

[Kay Kay Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-kay-menon/)

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> [Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/wilson-was-once-asked-how-long-it-took-him-to-write-a-speech-he/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We've all sort of been there: It's coming on Christmas, all that preparation is going on, and you just want to escape.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ball/we-ve-all-sort-of-been-there-it-s-coming-on-christmas-all-that/)

[Michael Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ball/)

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> [Assuming that tomorrow will be the same as today is poor preparation for living. It equips us only for disappointment or, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-d-chittister/assuming-that-tomorrow-will-be-the-same-as-today-is-poor-preparation/)

[Joan D. Chittister](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-d-chittister/)

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