H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
If you were to sell your character, would you get full retail or would it go for a bargain-basement price?
Quotes to Explore
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Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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I am a pop culture person. And car people have clearly contributed to pop culture, which is how I knew about purple French tail lights and 30-inch fins without exactly knowing what they were.
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If somebody says they really like my playing I say thanks a lot.
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Polls that have been taken by kindergarten, first- and second-grade teachers indicate that 30 percent of the kids have been deprived in some way so that they are physically unable to keep up with the class.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
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People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
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I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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Never be shaken, no matter what happens or what others may say. Never be flustered; never lose confidence. This is the way we should strive to live our lives. Being able to do so is a sign of genuine character.
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There's daggers in men's smiles.
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If you were to sell your character, would you get full retail or would it go for a bargain-basement price?
