#epa

This is a fundamental view of the world. It says that when you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing in isolation, but must repair the world around it, and within it, so that the larger world at that one place becomes more coherent, and more whole; and the thing which you make takes its place in the web of nature, as you make it. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#becomes #build #cannot #coherent #fundamental

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation. ↗

— Sasha Alexander

#always #any #because #enough #good

Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#departments #each #emergency #essential #fire

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. ↗

— Fred Allen

#committee #group #unnecessary #unprepared #unwilling

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation. ↗

— William Ames

#effectual #here #inward #meaning #often

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#being #i #instead #preparing #school

The days when a car aficionado could repair his or her own car are long past, due primarily to the high software content. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#car #content #could #days #due

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#ideals #incredible #men #prepared #their

Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#carelessly #change #cigarette #especially #even

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#comes #expect #i #lived #precept