H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
Happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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Time was God's first creation.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
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I did 12 shows in 13 weeks at a summer theater in Maine where we were paid $35 a week. After taxes and $25 for room and board, I had enough money for a pack of cigarettes and a bowl of lobster bisque.
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You have to be a little commercial, and that's what I learnt over the years.
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I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.
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People want gimmicks. They have to lose 10 pounds by 8:30 tonight.
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Happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
