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H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: 1940

Topics

Success Happiness You Want Get

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Forgiveness Acceptance Tolerance

I have to pay attention to work on the weekends and always have my iPhone with me, but I don't mind.

Work Mind Me Attention Pay Attention

I don't ever really feel that wearing my wedding ring is what determines me being married or not.

Jessica Simpson

Me Feel Wedding Ring Being Married

I have a famous brother, and I see what his life's like. He can stay places 15 minutes, and then he's got to leave. So I've seen what it's like to be famous, and I haven't really aspired to be a huge mega-star - not that I've had that opportunity.

Life Opportunity Brother Famous See

It would be too glib, not a hundred per cent true, to say that my father's career as a banker was what made me a writer. But it would be slightly true, and it was certainly the case that his work as a banker made me see that the trade-offs people make between their work and their lives are often badly skewed.

John Lanchester

Work Father People Me Career True

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my genes because I can't do anything about them.

Angela Duckworth

Time Thinking Anything Genes Because

Contrary to the fears of some pundits, the ascent of women does not portend the end of men. It offers a new beginning for both. But women's progress by itself is not a panacea for America's inequities.

Stephanie Coontz

Women New Beginning Men Beginning

I've been working pretty solidly for a long time: Not that anyone would notice, you know what I mean? It's been my goal to work as much as possible, and be as unknown as possible.

Work Time Long You Goal Possible

I've been to North Africa many times.

Martin Scorsese

Africa Been North Many Times

You get these horrifying straight-to-video things for very little money, then you go to the Cannes Film Festival, and they got some poster of you, 40 ft. high, in the worst movie in the world.

Money World You Go Worst High

I break down the tape like I'm a quality-control coach, just like I was with the Packers in 1992. I break it down by hand, every play.

Down Play Hand Coach Break Just

While many people overseas envy Korea's development, it is true that society has many problems such as economic polarization and a low birthrate.

People Society Problems Envy True

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