Ernest Holmes Quotes
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
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Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.
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That Lana Del Rey is quite cute, isn't she? I quite like her.
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It was becoming clear that, from being at the top at Holy Cross, we were at the bottom at St. Peter's. Objectively, this was very good, for it offered us a challenge and an opportunity to grow if we were ready to take it; and we surely were.
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I go on walks during lunch breaks and travel with a fold-up yoga mat. I also love reading by candlelight at night.
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You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.
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I don't really think, I just walk.
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It's frightening and glamorous and exciting at the same time. I wouldn't change it for anything! After the bad and sad times in my life, it's something I want to do.
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No one is exempt from talking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly.
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Never invest in anything that eats or needs painting.
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My advice for young people is that, if you want to be a musician, the thing to do is practice eight hours a day.
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The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods. More than any other thing that pertains to the body it partakes of the nature of the divine.
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I desire Virtue, though I love her not- I have no faith in her when she is got: I fear that she will bind and make me slave And send me songless to the sullen grave.
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If you don’t know your purpose, discover it, now. The core of your life is your purpose. Everything in your life, from your diet to your career, must be aligned with your purpose if you are to act with coherence and integrity in the world. If you know your purpose, your deepest desire, then the secret of success is to discipline your life so that you support your deepest purpose and minimize distractions and detours.
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Romantic love is one of the most extreme human experiences. Under a functional magnetic resonance imaging scan, passionate love looks like a lightning strike; centers deep in the midbrain flare up and release a torrent of dopamine and norepinephrine. It’s so close to what happens when we’re angry or afraid, that psychologists believe any intense feeling, in a “spillover effect,” can ignite desire.
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Each one should realize there is nothing in us which denies that which we desire.
