H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes
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It's just a blessing from above. I can't stress that enough, because I don't feel like it's anything that I've done. For me to say, 'Well, it's because of this, this and that is why I've been able to play,' it's just a lie. I couldn't tell you why.
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We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.
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In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.
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When I was depressed, nobody expected anything of me, nor did I expect anything of myself. I was exempt from life's demands and risks. But if I were to find new life, who knows what daunting tasks I might be required to take on?
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Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for that.
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As technology evolves, it manipulates our culture, and there's a huge opportunity to push ourselves further. I think it actually makes ourselves maybe more human, or at least human in a different way, that we can connect together in amazingly different ways and powerful new ways.
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The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
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A dream acting role would be Matt Damon in the Bourne series. I would love to do something like that!
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Act because you love to act.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.
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Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech.
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When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.
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I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.
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Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get.
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I grew up in Christianity. They preach a lot that you should get married and be a wife and be a virtuous woman and all of that. So I was so eager to do that, and I didn't really take the time I needed to grow into my own. And I ended up running into a really bad situation. I didn't even really date my ex-husband. We just kind of jumped into it.
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I was anorexic in the '60s and '70s, although it wasn't called anorexia then. I thought people would be nicer to me if I looked very small and delicate, so food wasn't high on my agenda. But it is now.
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Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.
