Quentin Persifor Smith (Quentin Smith) Quotes
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As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.
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I do not need any cheerleaders at my moot court. And I cannot imagine walking into that Court without the preparation of a few vicious moot courts; it is critical to the development of my thinking.
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Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own.
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One day, out of irritation, I said, you know all of those years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, all those years of playing kings and princes and speaking black verse, and bestriding the landscape of England was nothing but a preparation for sitting in the captain's chair of the Enterprise.
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The thing is, even though you think a lot about your movie, and there's a lot of preparation behind it, the final end result completely goes beyond it. It's not something you're aware of.
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I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.
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Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
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I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.
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In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.
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A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.
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I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.
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I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made.
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Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.
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Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready.
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My hope is that this life is not all there is. This life is like preparation for what is coming next, and what is coming next is something so glorious that the Bible says minds can't conceive it, eye has never seen, your imagination could never even enter into all that God is preparing for those who love him.
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I've put myself in the best possible positions through my daily training and my recovery processes and my offseason regimen and preparation. I break down when I have these freak injuries happen, when the hard work is basically thrown out.
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I'd rather starve than not have what I really want to eat. I'm good at preparation.
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My gratification in working comes from the preparation and the building of the character.
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I too have learned this in my experiences with the Spirit of God. Every situation can be redeemed and turned into exactly the preparation we require for a fullness of joy-to the extent of ourfaith in Christ's redemptive power. To that extent, the very circumstances we may have cursed will turn out to be our schooling for salvation.
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The degree of notoriety I have is fine and easy. There's nothing hysterical about it.
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The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that you're always asked to do what you've already done.
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I believe we have the potential to quadruple Australia's food exports to Asia.
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We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.
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Let anxious anticipation evolve into effective preparation
