James Earl Jones Quotes
I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.
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This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job.
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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I wanted to see if I could be happy without a lot of stuff. And what I found out was, yeah, I really could.
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Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness.
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I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.
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When you're in a situation that is foreign to you, you just have to pull yourself together and adapt.
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If you can build your career around your passions, then you're winning in life; that's one of the best things you can ask for.
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I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he left the world of boxing.
