By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin
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The sparrows are preparing for winter, each one dressed in a plain brown coat and singing a cheerful song.
Charles Kuralt
Our office has acknowledged the governor's request, and we are preparing the material to be sent down to Washington, D.C..
Bruce Brodoff
We're constantly preparing for emergencies, ... This just shows that the preparation works.
Steve Williams
This capable team will be entrusted with preparing the defense case when the trial begins and disputing its legality and procedures that deny the President justice.
Abdel Haq Alani
We're keeping our fingers on the pulse of what happens day in and day out around the world. And we are taking action in terms of preparing for this in the event it becomes an eventuality in any market.
Jonathan Blum
Karl and I have that bond, that blood, that magic between us, the thing that made the world change. He let me drive. He was preparing me for something.
Carlos Washington
Assuming fair rules, we will submit my name for candidacy (at the May 20 convention). In addition, supporters are preparing petitions.
Marc Holtzman
I started preparing to be that guy as soon as last season was over.
Travis Banwart
In preparing for the election we want to equip all our people with their ID documents.
Nkosana Sibuyi
Anyone who treats staff like this is preparing the ground for a big fight.
Detlef Wetzel
We have a schedule of IPO preparations. One of its key elements is meeting investors. I have already held dozens of one-on-one meetings and more large ones. So, we are working with investors and preparing to consolidate our subsidiaries. We are on schedule, and I assume we will proceed with the IPO according to the plan.
Sergei Bogdanchikov
We're preparing for operations through the end of April; that's not good news.
Jack Colley
Market players are expecting that Mizuno and Fukui may start preparing the markets gradually for an eventual increase in interest rates, and are listening carefully to their speeches.
Tatsuo Ichikawa
AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.
Ambrose Bierce
With each run she became more confident. Since her first win she has become a different horse. John (Gale) has done a wonderful job in preparing her for this win.
Greg Bennett
Was last year a fluke? This sort of a game can go a long way to say, well yes it was or no it wasn't so we're preparing seriously for it.
Tim Sheens
Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for life. By keeping eyes, mind, and heart open to nature, men, books, experience, and what he gathers, serves him at unexpected moments, in unforeseen.
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Coach Dixon is always on me, ... I haven't had a coach like that since high school. He's after you on every play, and it gets frustrating. Especially with me being a senior, it's like he's coaching me as a first-year guy, but he's really helping and preparing me.
Brian Clark
Being a chef is like going back in time, ... You are tasting and preparing food you originally ate as a child.
Richard Mead
The plane had finished taxiing and passengers were preparing to deplane when the passenger opened a right catering door and jumped out of the plane.
Christopher White
These race teams are in the midst of preparing for a very important part of their seasons. But we would hope to see four or five of the cars here for the test.
Brett Bodine
We have been preparing for this operation for months, but it depends on what the elk do. We have to go with the flow.
Terry Palmisano
Mr. Greenberg continues to deny the allegations made against him, and he and his legal team are preparing to vigorously defend the allegations.
Howard Opinsky
We have an exceptional team preparing to compete in these Games. We feel that this is, without question, the most accomplished team and perhaps the strongest team we have placed on the field of play in a Winter Olympic Games.
Jim Scheer
That means making the effort to put records together, preparing financial statements and preparing a business plan, especially if the producer is looking at a new enterprise.
Gordon Carriker
The parents' anxiety is contagious. Even babies can sense when the parents are uptight. The most important part of preparing children for immunization is for parents to remain calm, reassuring and matter of fact.
Vincent Sciortino
We know their personnel, we just haven't actually been out there against them. It's a different kind of task, preparing for a team you don't play. We know about them, and we've been learning more every day.
Michael Teller
In this context, it is outrageous that the Ontario government is preparing to increase college tuition fees next September. Why should Ontario families keep paying higher and higher fees for less and less quality?
Jesse Greener
In my mind, we were preparing not to have him since workouts in the spring. If we did have him, it would have been a bonus.
Bob Bratkowski
Busy preparing other work that I have assigned him.
Shamil Basayev
The message is to reassure consumers that eating cooked chicken is perfectly safe. As our investors would hope, we are being proactive in preparing the materials in the event that we need to use them.
Jonathan Blum
I think it's good because we've got three more games coming up. We need to rest our legs, and plus it's making our reserves better and preparing them to be able to sub in in the next games.
Cherwonna Walker
It's unbelievable how life is, but I'm sure they're preparing like we did. We felt good going into the Princeton game without J.T. and I'm sure they feel good coming into this game.
Fred Simon
The effort of the guys has been great. They've been setting goals for our early meets and taking meet preparation seriously and that's great to see. Preparing correctly is important to performing at a high level. I think we're headed in the right direction, but we have a long way to go.
Pete Larsen
Of this amount, $2,008 is the economic benefit you received by avoiding the costs of paying permit application and annual compliance fees, preparing a storm water pollution control plan, and conducting semi-annual storm water monitoring.
Anne Price
We've gotten away from preparing foods at home. We are eating foods that are much higher in fat and calories and larger portion sizes. We've gotten away from physical activity.
Lona Sandon
I believe the Greeks are most competitive during step show, ... Most groups spend more time preparing for this event than any other Homecoming event.
Jennifer Pike
I figured there'd be a lot of phone calls, a lot of interest and stories. But I'm preparing for just another game, another chance to put a 'W' on the board.
Jay Fiedler
For new couples or those preparing to make a large financial investment together, it is critical that steps be taken to plan and organize affairs early-on. This way, all bases are covered and future debt or difficulties in obtaining account information can be avoided.
Deborah Dillon
Their contributions over the years are unbelievable. They have done a great job preparing themselves and have become great leaders as well.
Paul Thornton
It's double duty. But that's why you play the game. It's fun to go out there and help our defense out while at the same time preparing myself to play.
Seneca Wallace
The tragedy of Katrina wasn't the failure to predict the track or to predict the intensity of the storm. The tragedy was in preparing people and in particular predicting human behavior.
Dario Moreno
We've got 300 homeowners preparing a class action lawsuit - should they build here, they'll be getting information on that soon, we're not giving up.
Dawn Marner
Practicing general fire safety and preparing and practicing emergency exit plans are essential to aid in preventing fires and fire fatalities.
Teddy Wolfe
Men have conceived a twofold use of sleep; it is a refreshing of the body in this life, and a preparing of the soul for the next.
John Donne
Our family and friends are praying for a miracle but are also preparing for the worst and making arrangements for organ donation.
David Lord
Gibbs is a good tailback and he runs hard. We're preparing him for the load he's going to have to take on.
Anthony Crabtree
We don't see any impact. We are busily preparing for trial.
Chuck Mulloy
We knew they are preparing a very big terror attack.
Ana Palacio
You're already seeing grain elevators preparing for storing grain on the ground, and even storing soybeans on the ground, which you really don't want to do.
Bob Zelenka
We have authorized the release of funds from existing projects, and we are preparing emergency assistance for those countries that will require additional financing.
James Wolfensohn
The kind of food he was preparing was right on target with today's tastes.
Maggie Lidz
Spent a lot of time in the off-season preparing, a lot of time in the pre-season.
Monty Beisel
I spend about 50 hours a week running the lab, coming up with new labs and preparing lectures. I will ride my bike depending on how late I will be on campus or if I know I am going to have a long day.
Larry Bortner
They've called and they need us. They are getting help from a lot of states, but they are in dire need of law-enforcement officers who can operate and work from boats. We anticipated they would need our services and have been preparing for days.
David Casey
Our son is not a danger to anyone. He was dabbling into something he shouldn't have been ... but all the things Brian has, he has because he was preparing to become a good soldier.
Thomas Sweeney
Quite honestly, I haven't had time to think about it. I've been too busy preparing for a football game. I've got enough to do.
Ken Anderson
We just had to play to the next level. We've been preparing for it, and we want to take it. We want to go to the championship game.
Karla Moriel
I thought Angelo did well considering he was thrown in there with no notice. The one thing about being a backup is you have to prepare like you're about to play. He does a great job of preparing, and (linebackers coach) Don Blackmon does a great job of preparing the backups like starters.
London Fletcher
They told us they were preparing Jeremy to go to Springfield, ... He was burned and had no facial hair at all. They had already intubated (a procedure to allow him to breathe) him as well.
Dick Grove
I've been preparing for this for awhile bit it's hitting me now. I am an emotional guy, really.
Antoine Jordan
We might talk about that a little when we get down there, but we've mainly been focused on preparing and just trying to get better.
Brian Craig
We are preparing like this thing is going to go (to trial).
Robert Janssen
It's a hard place to be, ... Everybody wants a piece of you. Guys are crawling out of the booth to interview you on the putting green. What you want to do is focus on preparing, not what you're up against. But what everyone else wants to talk about is what you're up against.
Olin Browne
She's phenomenal. She should be preparing for a high school graduation, not a national championship.
Bev Kearney
It had become a dream for him, something God had been inviting him to do and preparing him for. It seemed to culminate a lot of pieces of who he was, his creativity, his passion for people, for the story and engaging in something larger than life. The sea is just huge, and it is what it is. Aaron was excited to be part of that.
Mark Hogg
This programmable machining center will provide local area students with the opportunity to learn modern machining and programming, better preparing them for careers in manufacturing industries.
James Carroll
The money is only the beginning. The process of preparing is going to require very careful monitoring and review, and that's the work ahead.
David Nabarro
Yes, we are preparing ourselves to use and apply the wet technology at any point, when needed.
Hans Deppe
We just recently finished a facilities study and that will go a long way with preparing us.
Dorothea A. Shannon
We didn't get it done and they did. I guess I didn't do a good job preparing them and we'll have to get better next week.
Ron Crawford
We look forward to learning the results of this year's class so we can begin the process of their induction and most importantly, begin preparing to preserve their legacies amongst the game's greatest players and contributors.
Jack Peter
Clearly the robust investment returns and benign inflation of the '90s have improved the finances of many older Americans. While ideas about aging are improving, Americans still need to do a better job preparing for old age.
Robert Butler
These people who have been through, literally, hell on earth, so we're preparing, again, to offer them all the dignity and comfort and security that we possibly can.
Patrick Bradley
We're in close cooperation with China Telecom and China Netcom in preparing for 3G. We're also in development of service networks for China Telecom.
Mats Olsson
I think Fairbanks' frustration set off the fights. Now we get to rest a couple of days before preparing for Texas. We've played a lot of games and need a break.
Jon Cooper
We're preparing for those guys to play and we hope they do play.
Nathan Sharpe
GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
Ambrose Bierce
Currently we're working on a damage assessment before they knock the building down, and we're preparing a draft budget for replacement of the building.
Bill Wilsher
This is an attempt to smear a well-known group with allegations of involvement in espionage activity. They are preparing public opinion for a government move to close us down, which they can now do under the new law.
Lyudmila Alexeyeva
This program will definitely help them a lot in preparing for college.
Gary Blair
Doesn't that infuriate you? We spent a lot of money as a nation preparing plans, and then the obvious things that most of us thought were in place aren't there.
Robert Gallamore
You can't change Italian law. But everyone agrees that there could be a moratorium during the games. We are preparing legislation to put into effect exclusively during the games.
Mario Pescante
It's a significant issue for the business. We need to do a much better job in preparing our real estate agents for the real world.
Tom Maeser
I do not mind losing in the regular season. We're preparing all year for the district tournament, that's what we're playing for.
Hank Bontrager
We didn't execute they way we had been preparing to. Basketball is about effort and execution. The effort was there at times, the execution wasn't. I just felt like we were playing not to lose instead of playing to win. We didn't stick to our game plan. We didn't play like we practiced the last week.
Craig Pippen
We are preparing for the best Roy Jones ever. [For rubber matches] you have to put in your mind that this guy is laying it all on the line. They know this is it and they try to dig deeper.
Buddy Mcgirt
I knew coming in what my role was going to be. I just love to play basketball. I love to help with preparing for games.
Jason Cherry
We want to avoid this situation, but we are preparing for a negative development.
Sergei Kuprianov
I really would have liked to have gotten out there today. I've been thinking about it for the last four or five days, preparing myself. You can't control the weather. I'll just have to wait another two days.
Taylor Buchholz
U-32 is a good, strong team and are preparing to enter the Division II playoffs, and we are preparing for the Division III playoffs. The game gave us the ability to work on something that we haven't been able to work on in the past few games.
Brian Musty
The cost of preparing for the onset of a hurricane is about $1 million per one mile of coastline.
Mark Moran
The coaches have given us everything we need; they're preparing us well. We're just not executing the game plan, not playing defense. That's been the most frustrating part. Because we all know that we're not doing our jobs.
Othella Harrington
We are preparing for the joint team, which is going much further than just two teams parading together.
Jacques Rogge
It's not that much difference preparing like a starter. I always prepare like I'm going to play anyway. If someone gets hurt, you have to go in there.
Chris Draft
It could become an issue for the French economy if we're losing talent. That would be another sign of decay in how French society is preparing for the future.
Nicolas Sobczak
His eye contact is right with his caddie and nowhere else when he's preparing to hit a shot. He's oblivious to everyone else.
Scotty Bowman
We're not dwelling on whether it's good or bad for us. We're just preparing for another great North Texas-Middle Tennessee game, and we're not worrying about the schedule.
Darrell Dickey
Where there's been a ban, pub revenue dip and then bounce back to normal. The most important thing is that the rules are clear and we can begin preparing.
Jim Clarke
She's just a very mature athlete in terms of knowing when it's time to be serious and knowing when to start preparing early. Some people just go up and try to run.
Norman Graham
With the yacht inverted, preparing it had to have been extremely difficult. Salvage crew would have had to cut the mast off, seal the boat, turn it over and then tow it.
Richard Crockett
Today was just one of those days where we didn't play very well. All we can do now is start preparing for our tournament next week.
Greg Allen
We have a lot of players and the manager is preparing us very well for tomorrow. Come the game everybody has to concentrate on playing against Aberdeen and be looking to win three points.
Michal Pospisil
Bulgaria is preparing to enter a new dirty war, this time against Iran.
Volen Siderov
It not only lets us respond to what is occurring now, but we are preparing (for the future). The valley is going to start building up.
Dennis Dawson
I should think the taxpayers would be upset if they thought we weren't preparing to help out the citizens in case of a catastrophic event.
Harold Gehman
It should be part of our basic program that we are preparing kids to take that next step to college.
Terry Edwards
Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.
Yasser Arafat
To the extent we can prepare for that (a strike), we are preparing a contingency plan.
Toni Simonetti
They've been preparing for this all year long. (The Monticello match) was a little too exciting. Obviously, if you wrote a story, this is what you'd want - freshman has to get the pin to win.
Joe Gordillo
Yesterday, I was in agreement with all those in the SPD that are preparing the coalition talks that there will be a grand coalition.
Volker Kauder
When you have someone like him for four years and working like that, it's hard to see him lose. He spent a lot of hours preparing for this.
Allen Hughes
When somebody slammed a door in the building, my technician who preparing this felt that.
Robert Reisz
I had a mentality to be a lot more aggressive. There were times when usually I would penetrate early and kick it out and try to find other guys. Tonight I was like, I need to be more aggressive because in bigger games, no matter what, guys are going to look to me to be more aggressive. So I have to start preparing myself now.
Brandon Roy
We've sent out a questionnaire in the hopes of preparing ourselves a little bit. We're kind of feeling helpless right now.
Kevin Kading
It is more likely that China is preparing production for December so they are gearing up ... you will probably see sustained growth [in Chinese demand] for the next two months.
Jose Vistan
We are monitoring the weather condition and preparing for equipment to go out.
Seth Gitell
We needed this one. I told my athletic coordinator (Orlando Garcia) before the game that this was probably the most time I've spent preparing a team for a game.
Jaime Gongora
We are pleased to announce the partnership with Hetero Drugs as the latest step in our scale-up efforts to meet the needs of governments in preparing for the potential public health threat posed by avian influenza.
David Reddy
Our main focus for the next two weeks will be preparing for the division (matches). This will determine the seeding for zone and is crucial to our success.
Jeremy Reichert
When we came in as freshmen, we had hopes and dreams, but to be here right now is just amazing. We're just enjoying every minute of it, but we're also preparing for the Final Four.
Chris Kraus
I'm going to work hard with some trainers to be able to do that. I'm hoping to start preparing for that next week.
Michelle Harrison
It's out of my hands. I'm preparing myself to play next year.
David Haskins
We're cleaning up trash and debris and preparing the playground equipment for painting.
Brenda Johnson
It's preparing for four games in five nights, going on the road, and playing a different team every time. Every night you have to be ready to play.
Noah Clarke
We had been preparing to open up with them so we could measure where we were at.
Greg Zenerovitz
We are preparing agreements with Americans and Europeans which will allow the creation of a single global navigation system in the future.
Anatoly Perminov
He was certainly preparing for the end of his life, but I'm sure he didn't expect it to be this soon.
Monte Kwinter
Recruiting takes a lot of hard work. We're involved in some kind of recruiting 24/7 nationwide. We're already preparing offers for scholarships for 2008.
Judy Green
We've done a good job of preparing for change. In the early 1990s when new employees came we were reacting. Now we're preparing for the influx.
Paul Jadin
We are preparing for a strike notice (today).
Bill Jones
At no time did I feel like I was coming into a group that was preparing for a battle over the George Wallace issue. I wouldn't have been a part of that.
Wilbert Ashe
I think the Frenchman is happy in London and Arsenal are preparing a contract extension for him. Hence, they have first choice. It would be a different situation if the player wanted to have another experience elsewhere. Henry is a player I enjoy watching.
Massimo Moratti
He has been preparing for this season since January.
Gary Pinkel
Spent a lot of time in the offseason preparing, a lot of time in the preseason. It's definitely an ongoing process.
Monty Beisel
So we've been preparing for this and all we're ready to do is do more of what we've been doing.
Julaine Appling
We've been preparing since school has begun.
Aaron Webb
Right now we're just preparing the site. We'll probably have that work finished up by October.
Frank Poirot
They were preparing to start moving the inmates over for breakfast. We had them segregated. The Latino inmates were going to exit and go to breakfast. During that movement, the initial reports indicate that the Latinos began to attack white inmates.
Vernell Crittendon
We're preparing kids for a wider range of exposures.
Judith Bouffard
But that's not the crisis we're facing. We're not preparing our children to compete in the global economy.
Julie Haff
It's something we've been working on and preparing for. I'm not too sure how good we'll be at it, but we got the words down at least. I'm not an American Idol contender, I'll be humming along with everyone else.
Andrew Whitworth
We're preparing for this as if it was a Big Ten game. Our players have been pretty good about not overlooking anybody on our schedule.
Pam Borton
I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth.
Ben Lindsey
You definitely see what goes on around the league. That's why I keep preparing myself. But right now I'm a Redskin, and I enjoy being a Redskin, and hopefully I'll continue to be a Redskin for my whole career. I just keep preparing myself in case I do have to be the number one guy.
Ladell Betts
I've been preparing to be a drum major since I was a freshman. I always wanted to be more actively involved with the music and success of the band.
Aaron Himes
In preparing for trial and because of the motions she has filed to exclude witnesses I decided to re-file. I didn't want to risk this evidence not coming in.
Charles Williams
We're almost to the point where we can kind of stop preparing and do it.
John Parry
Brown will be a real test for all of the heavyweight crews. We will be preparing for a very close race this weekend.
Curtis Jordan
Probably one of the main craftsmen of the Madrid massacre and was preparing other attacks.
Giuseppe Pisanu
What I (changed) is that I focus on the game the night before the game. I'm preparing mentally more for the game.
Yassin Idbihi
All of these programs are for preparing our county for the future.
Jimmy Garris
I've been preparing as though he would be coming out and I've been proven right.
Craig Mottram
I just try to be a comfort to everybody if they have any family in the area. I'm kind of preparing them for what might happen.
Anthony Hargrove
We've got Denver coming up, ... I'm preparing like I'm a starter. That's what you have to do whether you're a starter or a backup.
Sage Rosenfels
I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.
Janet Jackson
Practices. We've been conditioning all season preparing for this.
Jaleesa Ross
I believe now that God was preparing me for what would happen.
Helen Weigand
We hope that the management bargaining team is spending the weekend preparing a better offer for us. We look forward to seeing it Monday morning.
Ted Montgomery
We're preparing for potential inland flooding and tornadoes.
Kathy Walt
Our enemies are preparing to strike us now, and the longer we wait to move decisively, the greater the advantages and opportunities they have to harm us.
Mary Fetchet
This was going to be 80 minutes of good soccer, what turned out to be a 100 (minutes). . . . We're preparing for the playoffs, and this is good for us.
Bob Capener
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Big institutions are preparing for the fiscal year end, so there are few sellers in the market.
Kazuyuki Naito
The academic bowl coaches do a great job preparing these kids. [The students] never disappoint me. It?s a great competition.
Jack Hines
I'm ready. I'm ready to start. I came in today preparing that way. I'm feeling comfortable, getting back into the groove of things ... and, unless that changes, I'm the guy preparing to play.
Charlie Batch
They've got a really good 1-2 punch inside. They try to go inside a lot, and they've got moves in the low post. It's similar to playing Mobile for us. We've been preparing for them about like we would for Mobile.
Tracy English
Being sick, we were a little cautious preparing for this event.
Tanith Belbin
We run a lot, so we are used to it. We are preparing for later on in the season. We know we have to get better and the only way to do that is by running.
Hunter Hall
I think we're preparing for the worst.
Beth Jones
We think they'll line up and try to run the football. That's what they were doing against Greene County, and that's what we're preparing for.
Bubba Davis
I'm still planning on going to college, ... I'm planning as though I'm not going to Iraq but preparing for it in the back of my mind. If I have to go, I have to go.
Christine Cox
It's nothing that we didn't expect and haven't prepared for. It's not like any of this is a surprise. We've been expecting it. We've been preparing for it. We have what we believe will be sufficient staffing.
Keith Bridges
He died preparing to serve others.
James Gaston
We didn't prepare for this competition, we were preparing for the Olympics.
Samaresh Jung
Preparing for the Games requires a team effort: the group named today as Coordination Commission can be expected to make a significant contribution to that effort, on behalf of the IOC.
Denis Oswald
As I speak, the office is preparing to interview them, but it will be premature of me to say that they will be charged.
Dcp Shields
Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!
Shunryu Suzuki
He's definitely out for two-to-three weeks minimum -- and that's the good news. The bad news is surgery and he's out for the year. We're preparing for the next three weeks without him. Hopefully he has a chance to come back this year.
Bill Beattie
She's bright but more than anything she is very dedicated. She spends endless hours preparing labs and is always interested in the cutting edge.
Brian Doherty
I think it really speaks well of the program, when you're preparing your assistants and they're put in a position to become head coaches.
Dave Rubio
We're pleased to get a win over a CIML school because that's what we're preparing for. Next year we'll be in the CIML Iowa Conference, the same conference as Marshalltown.
Bobby Sandquist
We were really expecting something (violent) to happen. I wasn't preparing myself for this because I wasn't expecting it to happen.
Adeline Casares
Judging by how sales have gone the past few days, I think we will have a sellout. That's what we're preparing for.
Dan Chapman
We as coaches need to take some responsibility for preparing our girls. It's not a matter of physically being able to perform, but getting it through your head that you can.
Brad Cattermole
New York schools are focused on preparing students for the innovation economy.
Richard Mills
The crowd was especially into the game. That really got the players into the game. The Pit was a unique place to play. Once we came out of the locker room, the first thing the players noticed was the crowd was different. They'd been there three or four hours preparing for it.
John Errecart
It's awesome. It's been good to relax a little bit. You know in the back of your head you have a game you're preparing for, but we've had a lot of fun, and that's helped us build some chemistry out here.
James Holmes
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