H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships.
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The Lion King always makes me cry, especially when Simba's father gets trampled.
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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I just happen to have one of those skill sets that allows me to work in my underwear.
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We have a choice - we can both think and feel, using our heads and our hearts.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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We are forbidden to neglect the assembling of ourselves together. Christianity is already institutional in the earliest of its documents. The Church is the Bride of Christ. We are members of one another.
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If I had my life to live over again, I would have waxed less and listened more. ... I would have cried and laughed less while watching television ... and more while watching real life. ... But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it ... look at it and really see it ... try it on ... live it ... exhaust it ... and never give the minute back until there was nothing left of it.
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Running long offers a dress rehearsal. Running long teaches the stress of lifting feet 5,000 times per hour. Running long builds confidence.
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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.
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Every non-Marxist economic theory that treats human and non-human productive inputs as interchangeable assumes that the dehumanisation of human labour is complete. But if it could ever be completed, the result would be the end of capitalism as a system capable of creating and distributing value.
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A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.
