James Earl Jones Quotes
Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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I love men. They are intelligent and sensitive, but there's also that hard-edged arrogant side, which is just so attractive.
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Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith.
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When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people.
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Most accountants are strange - let's be honest.
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I've always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend.
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I wasn't really a dark kid, but I was in my head a lot. I got good grades all through my 16 years of Catholic school, but I was always writing these weird - and, I have to say, really bad - stories, filled with murder.
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I believe children's blessings are very powerful.
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Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that's the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.
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How can we help President Obama?
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It is a complex of buildings; a mosque, a guest house, an enormous entrance gate, four minaret towers and the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal, Shah Jahan’s wife. It is laid out in a rectangular grid on 42 acres along the Yamuna River, with water fountains and gardens and reflecting pools.
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Tell people that war is an evil, and they will laugh; for who does not know it? Tell them that patriotism is an evil, and most of them will agree, but with a reservation. 'Yes,' they will say, 'wrong patriotism is an evil; but there is another kind, the kind we hold.' But just what this good patriotism is, no one explains.
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I felt that I could look back on my life and think about lots of folks that I helped become better folks. And I've tried to be as good a man as I could be.
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She's my baby sister - I could talk about her till I'm blue in the face.
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An urban novelist never minds a little decay.
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We didn't get television until quite late, the late fifties, but we had radio, and I can remember listening to the Korean War news on the radio with my family and sensing the anxiety of the adults although not understanding it myself, not understanding exactly what was going on.
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Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.
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I know that some people who move into film lose their nerve for the stage.
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Global warming is not a threat. It's not a real threat. It's not a credible threat. It's not an imminent threat. ISIS is.
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With the depth of the women's game, the entertainment it gives, and the work we put into it, I think equal pay is right.
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I was thinking of my father's family. I can find their graves, but not that much about them. They didn't do anything notable enough to be in the records of newspapers.
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If I'm not working, I have home time with my family, and if I spend that stressing what's going to happen next, then it's a waste. I have a lot to be thankful for.
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We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming.
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Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
