H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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I was looking at my Instagram, and someone said to me, 'Who manages your Instagram?' I would never let anyone manage my Instagram! I enjoy it.
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I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.
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I try to write about a woman finding her self-respect, valuing herself, and liking herself again. But what one desperately wants now is to write a proper novel.
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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Pummeling an answer out of someone never works. You cannot intimidate someone with aggressive language and think they'll be more forthcoming... that's a caricature of interrogation, part of the TV culture of what it looks like.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds, remember who does them favors, who doesn't.
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I know it sounds a bit corny, but I do think that beauty and sexiness come from within.
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Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.
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What makes me happy is just curling up in with my mom in her bed and watching a marathon of 'CSI' and 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes with pints of ice cream.
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In other industries, value is defined by the ultimate stakeholder - the one who benefits, or not, from the service. We should do the same in medicine.
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There's a lot more to success than just singing.
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I've never had that concern of thinking of myself as stupid.
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Do things sound better in your head before you say them, or do you even run them through there first?
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The escape to an unchallenging fairy tale can be very nice and I'm all for that, but film can also challenge you to confront the realities of our world.
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Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
