{"quotes":[{"text":"I nearly killed a rabbit' is not an ingredient for preparing broth or pepper soup. 'I lost it' may seem bitter; but 'I nearly won it' is bitterest! Remember, if it must be done, then it must be done well!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["animal","bitter","cook","cooking","cuisine","do-it-well","dont-give-up","done-well","excel","excellent","food-for-thought","hunter","ingredient","israelmore-ayivor","never-give-up","prepare","preparing","rabbit","rat","well-done","win","winner"],"id":699,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"We need to start preparing ourselves for the changes we are anticipating in our society.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["anticipating","changes","national-transformation","need","preparing","society","start"],"id":967,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"My usual instruction to students when they are preparing to write their examinations is 'think before you answer the questions'. I am convinced that some multiple choice answers could be so close that you might not know the very one that answers the question correctly! Such is life. To choose your suitable dreams, you must think well!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["answer","answer-questions","choice","choose","close","commandment","convince","convinced","dreams","exam","examination","exams","food-for-thought","graduates","instruction","israelmore-ayivor","life","life-lessons","look-before-you-leap","make-a-choice","mentality","multiple","multiple-choice","positive-thinking","prepare","preparing","question-paper","regulations","rules","similar","students","think","think-well","thinkers","thinking","thought","words","write"],"id":36675,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"I am strategically and methodically preparing leaders in a more result oriented setting.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["am","i","leaders","methodically","oriented","preparing","strategically"],"id":40080,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.","author":"Mike Murdock","tags":["prepare","fail","preparing "],"id":103883,"author_id":"Mike+Murdock"},{"text":"My months are spent preparing for the fall.","author":"Dominic Riccitello","tags":["autumn","hurt","love","metaphor","past","past-meets-present","preparing","quote","remembering","reminder","sad"],"id":179777,"author_id":"Dominic+Riccitello"},{"text":"You can’t patch cracks on a glass house.","author":"Dominic Riccitello","tags":["appearance","fake","false","glass","house","life","love","preparing","quote","reality","see-through","thoughts","truth"],"id":187544,"author_id":"Dominic+Riccitello"},{"text":"There’s no need to sharpen your pencils any more. Even the dull ones can make a mark.","author":"Ze Frank","tags":["being-perfect","do-it","doing-it","effort","just-do-it","make-your-mark","making-a-mark","perfect","perfecting","perfection","perfectionism","preparation","preparation-to-face-the-day","preparations","preparing","research","researching","take-action","trying-hard","trying-to-be-perfect","trying-too-hard"],"id":200533,"author_id":"Ze+Frank"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":8,"pages":1}}