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"He checked her over while mentally checking himself. "Environment suits sealed up. Breather masks in hand. Daemons. Blades. Transmitters. Healthy respect for the adversary-you've got that, right?One corner of her mouth curled up. "Absolutely."
"It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged."
"Our reaction and attitude to persecution will determine if we are really ready for big things or not."
"What steps can you take to prepare before meeting others to ensure that when you do show up, you are bringing your very best to the table?"
"He who fails to understand that one should prepare for every single blessing will reap the problems connected with lack of preparation before the blessing."
"All right," Clara said. "We have our swordsman, so let's get moving. Brigan, could you attempt, at least, to make yourself presentable? I know this is a war, but the rest of us are trying to pretend it's a party."
"Things do not descend upon anything that is not ready to receive them."
"How do you manage it, she said, at your age? I told her I'd been saving up for her all my life."
"Annabeth came up to me. She was dressed in black camouflage with her Celestial bronze knife strapped to her arm and her laptop bag slung over her shoulder-ready for stabbing or surfing the Internet, whichever came first."
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"Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue."
"Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us."
"America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased."
"Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power."
"Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce."
"Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy."
"Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there."
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