H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Quotes

We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing.

Joe Cocker

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One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army.

John Lydon

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When you sit down and watch something alone, you're going to watch it for what it is.

John Turturro

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I like pralines-and-cream ice cream.

Travis Kalanick

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I am pro-freedom.

Tommy Wiseau

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Wars are begun by frightened men.

Tom Clancy

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I don't think of my characters as bumbling. I think that trouble is what drives a novel, both big troubles and small troubles, and whatever people try to do in life, there are a series of stumbling-blocks in the way, and I think that makes for interesting reading. I think of them as doing their best with the roadblocks that they're given.

Tom Drury

LifeBestPeopleSmallReadingWay

Twenty years later, twenty years after I joined the women's movement, we're still talking about the same issues. We're still talking about reproductive rights for women, and we're still talking about getting equal pay for women. And that's just frustrating.

Corin Tucker

WomenTalkingMovementEqual PayPay

I've been really fortunate that my concert career has taken off hugely. I can make a living. I enjoy performing in front of a live audience, and I can do something different every time. Sometimes I'm with a quartet, sometimes I'm solo, sometimes with a symphony, and I get to go to different cities and meet different people.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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The only reason you even start a band is so you can hang out with your friends all the time, but somewhere along the line, it just ends up becoming a job. You were doing it because you were like, 'I never want to have to get a job,' then all of a sudden it becomes the biggest job you could ever imagine.

Pete Wentz

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I put so much pressure on myself to raise the bar with each and every project. I treat it like every film is my last, and I make sure I pour everything I have into every film I make because if I'm not trying to improve, someone else will.

Scott Adkins

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I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D.

Ridley Scott

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