H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
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Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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A rap dude has his rap persona, his hyper version of himself. Do you know Method Man's real name? Or Elton John, Marylin Monroe? You make up this character. That's kind of what we have done with Die Antwoord, playing with characters.
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Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.
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For working people and union members, Labor Day stands for something special and profound. It's a day to honor the deep commitment each of us has to serve the children we teach, the families we heal, and the communities we love.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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I would say the larger the pool you have to select from, the more likely you are to find the most compatible person for you if you have the right algorithms working on your behalf.
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I know I'm never going to be as successful as my dad, but I get bored doing nothing. I couldn't go from vacation to vacation and have no motivation.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.
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The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.'
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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You can't play a guy who's just a snake, because what do you draw on?
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
