#prep

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it. ↗

— George Eliot

#happiness #may #prepare #self #should

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#coincidence #consumed #dinners #eighteen #hours

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#characters #choose #could #find #i

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. ↗

— Julian Bond

#behind #demand #education #energy #got

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that? ↗

— Omar Epps

#because #believe #door #going #i

Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#analyze #belief #believe #business #business school

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

#appropriate #be prepared #cannot #cost #deal

I have a very clear vision as to what I want at the end of my prep, and then I throw it out and let the creative process take over. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#clear vision #creative #creative process #end #i

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

#again #be prepared #because #become #better

And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#because #better #found #harder #i