H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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Congress seems to be very good at doing nothing.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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I am very busy and don't have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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When I plan to settle down, I will announce it to the world. Marriage is an occasion to celebrate. I'll celebrate it when it happens, letting everyone know about it.
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I was an all-sport athlete growing up. My dad, I think, hoped I would go to college on a scholarship.
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I have metal in my body, so every time I go to an airport, the metal detector goes off.
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Israel remains and embattled democracy in the midst of authoritarian states, and the birthplace of the kibbutz to which tens of thousands of youth from around the world have turned for a living lesson in human equality.
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Dust had dimmed only a fraction, not enough. Decay had brushed with its rotten fingers not nearly all it should. It was an enchanted sweet, stuck in the throat of time.
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I spent as much time writing proposals in '98 and '99 as I did writing scripts.
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We may not like our times or many aspects of the time we live in but that is not the fault of art as such.
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If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.
