My only true interest is Life and to make sure I get to experience everything in it. God loved us enough to bless us with it. The worst sin of all is a life wasted. - ME
"True philosophers who are burning with love for truth and learning never see themselves... as a wise man, brim-full of knowledge... For most of them would admit that even the very greatest number of things of which we know is only equal to the very smallest fraction of things of which we are ignorant. Nor are these philosophers so addicted to any kind of tradition or doctrine that they suffer themselves to become their slaves, and thus lose their liberty." - William Harvey
"He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." - Lao Tsu
"The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves." - Victor Hugo
"How do I change?
If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I feel ill I will double my labour.
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
If I feel incompetent I will think of past success.
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.
Today I will be the master of my emotions." -Og Mandino, "The Greatest Salesman in the World"
"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; its when you had everything to do, and you've done it." - Margaret Thatcher
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature." - Anne Frank
I'd like to meet:
"If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." - 1 Corinthians 13:3-8
I would like to meet that person that will both hold me up to these standards but also exemplify these standards of love. I want someone that will not put things in front of me to be jealous of and give me reasons to believe I am the most important person in their life.The Other Side
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Music:
The Corrs, Hinder, Brad Paisley, Elton John, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Journey, Linkin Park, Toby Keith, Velvet Revolver, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi, The Beatles, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Daughtery, Queen, Dropkick Murphys, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Kid Rock, NIN, The Eagles, Eminem, Blink 182, REM, Panic! At the Disco, Led Zepplin, Korn, Santana, Beastie Boys, Ludacris, Gun's 'n Roses, Smashing Pumpkins, Pink Floyd, Kansas, Beck, Tom Petty, Green Day, Oasis, Incubus, Primus, Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sting, Rage Against the Machine, The Police, Black Sabbath, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, POD, Van Halen, The Who, Outkast, Poison, Skid Row, My Chemical Romance, WEEZER, Everlast, Motley Crue, Whitesnake, AC/DC, Lifehouse, Counting Crows, Rascal Flatts, Hoobastank, Tim McGraw, Chopin, Beethoven, Saigon Kick, Hootie and the Blowfish, Lonestar, and many, many more. As you can tell, I am very eclectic.
"There ain't nothin' that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy, make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love." - Garth Brooks, "To Make You Feel My Love"
"After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman." - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Movies:
Almost Famous, Anchorman, Star Wars,Boondock Saints, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Fight Club, The Air I Breathe, Lord of the Rings, American Gangster, American History X, Godfather(I and II), Carlito's Way, Scarface, American Pie, August Rush, Batman Begins, Get Shorty, Be Cool, The Big Lebowski, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, Blade Runner, Indiana Jones, Blow, The Bourne Series, Closer, Crank, Crash, Death Sentence, The Green Mile, The Departed, Die Hard, Eight Below, Elf, The Dukes of Hazard, Garden State, Ghost Rider, The Girl Next Door, Gladiator, Beautiful Mind, Good Luck Chuck, Grandma's Boy, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Halloween, The Exorcist, If Only, King Arthur, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, London, Love Actually, Notting Hill, Mr. Brooks, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Ocean's 11 and 13, Old School, The Ring, The Outsiders, The Breakfast Club, Breakfast at Tiffany's, P.S. I Love You, Pearl Harbor, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Punisher, Rambo, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Reign Over Me, Running Scared, Gone In Sixty Seconds, Saving Private Ryan, Sin City, Superman, Talladega Nights, The Terminal, Traffic, Transformers, Troy, Underworld, Braveheart, V for Vendetta, Van Wilder, Varsity Blues, Waiting, The Wedding Singer, Casino Royale, 3:10 to Yuma, 300... There are actually a lot more.
"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." - Professor Keating (Robin Williams) in 'Dead Poet's Society'
"Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood." - Walt Disney
Television:
American Chopper, South Park, That 70's Show, Entourage, The Sapranos, Band of Brothers, History Channel, Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, and Military Channel
I watch more movies than TV.
Books:
The Secret, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Megatrends, The Secret of Success, The Purpose Driven Life, Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and most importantly, The Bible.
"Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric moved:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I shall endure.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here." - Dante, The Divine Comedy
"It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung up my old waterproof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a cafe au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write." - Ernest Hemingway
"You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries..." - Israel Zangwill, The Melting Pot
Heroes:
By far, my biggest hero is my father. Until recently, I never understood why he did what he did or why he acted the way he acted. Thank you dad for always sacrificing so much for us and also, thank you for being a man of integrity and honesty. I only hope I can live up to the example that you put in front of me.
My other hero is my brother. Brent has the amazing ability to live life with no regrets and has this natural athletic ability that is awesome. He always tells it like it is and has been the best friend I have ever had.
