H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.
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Among the reasons Donald Trump is president is that he read the nation and the world better than his rivals.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954. My parents, thrilled, showered me with love.
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
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So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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I do watch a lot of YouTube.
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There's the wonder of being able to do research from your own living room, of course. I do find that my biggest research issue, though, is how to frame my questions.
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Brooklyn, it's a great town, a great city. It's New York.
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I started the business as a computer consulting business, which, coupled to my nickname, Scorpion, formed the full name Scorpion Computer Services.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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I like Public Enemy a great deal.
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That's something I learned as a philosophy major: The philosophy ethos is, always question, never rest.
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When I hear theists and atheists pontificating on how they know God does or does not exist, I can only smile at the irrationality and, yes, vanity of the notion.
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Feeling earthquakes was part of growing up, and also preparing for them: doing earthquake drills, or having earthquake supplies. The looming feeling was part of my life. My experience of earthquakes has always been more the fear of them, or the possibility.
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Characters actors don't usually get noticed until they're about 38 or so.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
