H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
Don't delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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I think if we go back and check our record, the Negro has proven beyond a doubt that we have been more than patient in seeking our rights as American citizens.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.
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The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.
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Everybody wants all of our businesses to have no restrictions in any country, but even in Canada, in order to distribute home entertainment, you need to follow the Canadian rules, and it's just about as hard to do business there as it is in China.
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It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.
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Don't delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first.
