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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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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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 remember very well, when I was at Oxford, an old gentleman said to me, 'Young man, ply your book diligently now, and acquire a stock of knowledge; for when years come upon you, you will find that poring upon books will be but an irksome task.'
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One's spiritual realization lies in none other than how one walks among and interacts with one's fellow beings.
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Asian Americans are the same as African American, Hispanic Americans, anyone: we deserve to be respected, too.
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It is not good for ordinary people to say, 'I am He.' The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves? The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
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We've always been fans of a good mystery; we think all kids are, and there weren't any good mysteries out there these days for kids, so that's why we decided to do them.
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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.
