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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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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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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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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No country in the world is going to recognize that Ariel and Maaleh Adumim and Beit El are a sovereign part of Israel.
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There are terrible things going on in the world, but I am not going to force them down everyone's throats.
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I'm the third of five children.
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The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
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I've had more people in my life take their lives than... I think it's out of proportion with most people. I think a lot of them gravitate towards me because of the music.
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You go up for hundreds, thousands of roles, and you get told no, no, no, so many times.
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I like to tell students, 'I didn't burst on to the literary scene.' I'm never good at things at the beginning. I was terrible at the start. I need to work and work.
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Britain, relative to the U.S., is a highly secular society. Philanthropy alone cannot fill the gap left by government cutbacks. And the sources of altruism go deep into our evolutionary past.
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Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.
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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.
