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James Earl Jones Quotes

James Earl Jones quotes

American Actor January 17, 1931

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I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas. James Earl Jones
The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was. James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones quote: "I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant..."
I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know? James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones quote: "I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood..."
I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know. James Earl Jones
My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know. James Earl Jones
The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose. James Earl Jones
One day, my youngest uncle - the other one who was first to go to college, Randy - and I were sitting out on the front porch. And he was brilliant. He ended up - he just retired from Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones quote: "In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so..."
In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia. James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones quote: "There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant,..."
There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond. James Earl Jones
So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy - being the thing that I should be most interested in - and if I could hack, as we called it, a senior class, I would continue. I didn't hack the senior class. James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones quote: "Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial..."
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race. James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones quote: "You don't build a bond without being present."
You don't build a bond without being present. James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones quote: "No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was..."
No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement. James Earl Jones

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