H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Somebody once told me I shouldn't try to change Hollywood. That isn't my point at all. I don't want Hollywood to change me.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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I don't wear plaid shirts.
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But yet I don't think I should be labeled just a black quarterback, because it's bigger things in this sport that need to be accomplished.
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There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
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If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath. If that is done with sensitivity, I think it would be most appropriate.
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You have perhaps waited for years to be freed from some need. For a long, long time you have looked out from the darkness in search of the light, and have had a difficult problem in life that you have not been able to solve in spite of great efforts. And then, when the time was fulfilled and God's hour had come, did not a solution, light, and deliverance come quite unexpectedly, perhaps quite differently than you thought?
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In the future, I kind of like the idea of doing music for film. I think that would be a nice job. I've always liked the sound aspect in movies. I guess once I have more instruments under my belt, it could be something I could do.
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Through work, education, and culture, I will give hope to our country.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
