#preparing

He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#civilization #danger #gigantic #midst #multitudes

If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#before #character #day #get #got

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#canada #continued #major #major role #play

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#coming #continue #era #god #new

A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#christian #eating #go #higher #his

Instead of joyfully looking forward to my birth, my mother began systematically preparing for her own death. She was fatalistic. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#birth #death #forward #her #instead

I am recording my first CD in Spanish and preparing myself for the next stage of my career. ↗

— Alicia Machado

#career #cd #first #i #i am

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character. ↗

— John Malkovich

#i #lot #mean #other #preparing

I don't want to bother them and ruin the party they are preparing so carefully at La Scala. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

#carefully #i #la #party #preparing

I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#disarm #i #idea #man #overwhelm