Jackson Browne Quotes
That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
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Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
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Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are struggling for the same piece of land.
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I acted at school but got very bad parts - things that they'd made up in Shakespeare plays like 'Guard 17' - so I wrote plays and gave myself parts, then I wrote sketches, then I did stand-up. Even in the school nativity I was the emu in the manger.
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.
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The problem of different sensitivities of distinct protein groups to lysosomal inhibitors has remained unsolved and may have served as an important trigger in the future quest for a non-lysosomal proteolytic system that may be involved in at least certain aspects of intracellular protein degradation.
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I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
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I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
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I grew up in North Carolina. My father was a salesperson; he sold textiles.
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If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.
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The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age.
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There are no rules to writing a song.
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Basically, I left Northern Telecom after 7.5 years of being in one company after school. And then, I ended up in a series of start-ups. The first of those was a company called Sitech, and they were in local area networks.
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It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I am not concentrating on any industry but just taking up good offers, which gives me scope to perform.
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If I get a chance to act, I will act. And then I'm usually the happiest person around.
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You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.
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I'd been in love before - I was always in love.
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I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?
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That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
