H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I'm honestly all over the board. I think if I had to pick one, I'd probably say it's country first, but I listen to literally everything: country, pop, rock, rap.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
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Just keep taking chances and having fun.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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Words have power, and if you are going to use your words negatively, then that is exactly what is going to happen in your life.
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What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.
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I think the one I'm most proud of as a songwriter is 'Breaking Your Heart' because it was just a different style for me. It was very - I feel like it was very old-timey Patsy Cline. It's got a very '50s feel to it, and I pushed myself to write those lyrics very intimately with my co-writer Ted Bruner.
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One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.
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I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.
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Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.
