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Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.
— Edmund Hillary
First and foremost, we have to ensure that we have to get our own kids ready for work so that employers want to take them on.
— Esther McVey
I've a great fancy to see my own funeral before I die.
— Maria Edgeworth
Lord God of heaven and earth, I beg You to give me the confidence of Joshua. Instill in me Your purpose. Do not let me weaken. You are God and there is no other!
— Francine Rivers
Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ROMANS 13:11
— Francine Rivers
With Sardaukar, you must scan them, scope them—both reflex and hard ray—cut off every scrap of body hair. And when you're through, be certain you haven't discovered everything.
— Frank Herbert
Humans can balance on strange surfaces, Odrade said. Even on unpredictable ones. It's called 'getting in tune.' Great musicians know it. Surfers I watched when I was a child on Gammu, they knew it. Some waves throw you but you're prepared for that. You climb back up and go at it once more.
— Frank Herbert
I have little to do with how you'll meet tomorrow, Gurney Halleck. I can only help you meet today.
— Frank Herbert
I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
— Barry Zito
Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.
— Joseph Wirthlin
When we win, I'm excited about winning. That way, I get the ups and downs of a football season. But I also know that it's never as good as it seems; it's never as bad as seems. You always have to stay focused because you never know, for me. My role, it could expand. So you just got to always be ready.
— Tim Tebow
When will you come and how will you come and will we be ready
— Madeleine L'Engle