H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.
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Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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I'm a real romantic.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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The place of my birth, and residence for nearly sixteen years, in the early part of my life, became endeared to my feelings and affections; and more especially so after I had quitted it for an unknown place, and to associate with strangers.
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A man's subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.
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I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books.
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I didn't really feel like I knew who I was until I was 24.
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Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.
