#ready

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#about #accepted #already #being #century

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#been #being #coward #down #go

Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight. ↗

— Fran Drescher

#every time #get #i #job #lose

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#cheerfully #faithfully #get #immortality #life

China is not only formidable, it is also aggressively building its own economic infrastructure. Just a few years from now, China will rival the U.S. and the European Union in global market power. It already has surpassed us in population. ↗

— Jo Ann Emerson

#already #also #building #china #economic

All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#been #good #good music #music #people

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#i #impertinence #many #people #say

Explorers have to be ready to die lost. ↗

— Russell Hoban

#explorers #lost #ready

Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#get #god #i #i do #just

We're going to hear a lot of spirited discussion about the President's plan in the next few days and weeks and that's fine as long as everyone comes ready to talk and not just snipe, complain and argue. ↗

— George Allen

#argue #comes #complain #days #discussion