Jackson Browne Quotes
And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
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If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.
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I can't read novels while I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in.
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For me, playwriting is and has always been like making a chair. Your concerns are balance, form, timing, lights, space, music. If you don't have these essentials, you might as well be writing a theoretical essay, not a play.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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The bad reviews get to me, believe me.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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As a universal history of philosophy, the history of philosophy must become one great unity.
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The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.
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As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from which they've benefited so much.
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I thought of myself as an adult trapped in a kid's body. Had I known what adulthood was like, I would have embraced childhood a little more.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting.
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I try to be as honest as I can in writing. That's what ends up translating and relating to people.
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And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
