#preparation

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything. ↗

— William H. Macy

#just #ninety #percent #preparation

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. ↗

— William Manchester

#awesome #behold #dress #edwardian #full

In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, not does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence. ↗

— James Monroe

#defence #does #european #european powers #injuries

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will. ↗

— James Monroe

#ill #preparation #stimulus #suspicion #war

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#art #being #essential #failures #life

The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#correction #done #errors #i #new

For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#being #difficult #human #human being #last

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#generates #luck #meeting #offspring #opportunity

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#half #hum #i #i can #personal

I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#dice #down #i #mistake #never