H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one.
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We can only learn to love by loving.
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President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.
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I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I want people to just to see, all you got to do is have a little faith.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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The substance of what it means to be a geek is essentially someone who's brave enough to love something against judgment. The heart of being a geek is a little bit of rejection.
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As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.
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But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.
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Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.
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Part of what a good dad can do, then, is to make sure that his daughter also gets involved with team sports, and to help her with the lessons in life that are innate to any team empowering itself. –page119.
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Growing up, you look at guys like Jeff Thomson as heroes, so going past him is pretty special.
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If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children.
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Healthy children are born from healthy, respected, well-nourished and educated mothers and it is imperative that they have a voice in the decisions which affect them. If you empower a mother and let her have her say towards a poverty-free future, the positive impact this would have on ending hunger will be immense.
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I keep saying I won't go back to television, but I do.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
