H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to the things that give you trouble.

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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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I'm the most optimistic guy about VR out there. I have crazy visions of what we'll be doing in the future.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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My main incentive now is to be so successful that I can get a private jet and sit with the pilot. I got upgraded to first class the other week, but even there I was still scared. I could be massaged for the whole flight and still think I'm going to die.
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The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
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People think I am funny all the time. But I am not. I am serious, too. Also, I enjoy serious, dramatic films.
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There's nothing bloody wrong with wanting it at all.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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My father believed very strongly in Ataturk. Ataturk was a very powerful man and a man of great vision.
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The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will open up the meaning of this book.' There is only one way really to understand the Word, and that is through wrestling with the circumstances and happenings of life.
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My life is a simple thing that would interest no one. It is a known fact that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.
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I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.
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Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to the things that give you trouble.