"Habit was stronger than emotion."

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Source : Tim Wynne-Jones (2010). “The Uninvited”, p.295, Candlewick Press

Tim Wynne-Jones

#Stronger Quotes #Emotion Quotes #Habit Quotes

“After spending many years in Wall Street and after making and losing millions of dollars I want to tell you this: It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!”
“Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.”
“The internet is not for sissies.”

Source : ba.internet forum, groups.google.com. September 26, 1994.
“Hard work pays off if you're patient enough to see it through.”
“Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart”
“I can see both sides of term limits, and I think, in different positions, term limits make more sense than in some others.”
“If nature leads us to mathematical forms of great simplicity and beautyâ€”by forms, I am referring to coherent systems of hypotheses, axioms, etc.â€”to forms that no one has previously encountered, we cannot help thinking that they are â€œtrue,â€ that they reveal a genuine feature of natureâ€¦. You must have felt this too: the almost frightening simplicity and wholeness of the relationships which nature suddenly spreads out before us and for which none of us was in the least prepared.”
“These are things that I continue to enjoy speaking about. The woods. Boats. Greeks. I think the real heart of it, is really being in love with these Dutch paintings over the last several years.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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