H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind.'
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I had seen images of Crystal Renn and Sophie Dahl growing up, but I didn't really know about the plus-size fashion industry or how lucrative it was or, like, that it was changing or that I was even invited.
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When I'd go to Israel, I felt like a tourist. My social and professional ties had started to dissolve, and it confused me. I didn't know whether I should stay here in Paris or go back to Israel, or even cut off all my ties with Israel so I could really plant roots here. Or maybe go somewhere else altogether.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.
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It strikes me every time I do an interview that I don't really sit around thinking about my goals and my life and my career. I do what I love doing and I get a lot of feedback. I'm free as a bird, you know? If I do something good, it's, 'Wow, that was brilliant,' and if I do something bad, it just goes away.
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Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.
