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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We all got driven out of Manhattan. It was a very conducive place for artists when I was growing up, and now it's definitely not. The city has been completely taken over by the rich.
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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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I was a regular hand when I was 7. I picked cotton. I drove tractors. Children grew up not thinking that this is what they must do. We thought this was the thing to do to help your family.
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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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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom.
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I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
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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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My home is different from my mother's, because hers is filled with beautiful objects that I was always afraid of breaking. My home is the opposite. Bring on the kids, the dogs, the parties - there's nothing that's so important it can't be broken.
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That was not what men and women fought for during the war.
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I thought it was too 'glam rock' to practice. The problem is that now I'm a pretty bad guitar player.
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At the present time, the alternative is not between change or no change, but between change for the better and change for the worse.
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I'm drawn to projects where I play these really complicated characters, but also where I can have some type of influence on affecting what we see as societal norms.
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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.
