James Earl Jones Quotes
I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say?
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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I want the single player experience.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country.
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I like being unconventional.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
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What you learn at university is a good discipline but has little relevance to a real job.
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I wasn't the brightest button in the class at school, but I enjoyed cooking and baking. I wasn't clever enough at Maths O-level to get onto the cookery teaching course I really wanted to do, so I did a catering course instead.
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It's about us going out there trying to impose our game on them and them trying to do the same to us and whoever does best will come out best.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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I have weathered many different storms and I know who I am and my friends know who I really am.
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I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors.
