Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
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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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It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.
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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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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.
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Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
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I try to prepare for everything beyond the extent of preparation.
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When my nephew was 3 and 4, he would say the most genius things. He said, You're hammer macho with FBI dogs. I thought it was just one of those great lines.
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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
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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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In plain words: now that Britain has told the world that she has the H-Bomb she should announce as early as possible that she has done with it, that she proposes to reject in all circumstances nuclear warfare.
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You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them.
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And I know one thing more - that the Europe of the future cannot exist without commemorating all those, regardless of their nationality, who were killed at that time with complete contempt and hate, who were tortured to death, starved, gassed, incinerated, and hanged.
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I am not into any religions. I have been mostly influenced by Eastern religions - Taoism, the essence of Hinduism and Buddhism. But my belief is not having any beliefs.
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Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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I was very good until I left home to go to a little college in West Virginia, and then I started to break some rules.
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If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation.
