James Earl Jones Quotes
You cannot be an actor like I am and not have been in some of the worst movies like I have. But I stand before you deeply honored, mighty grateful and just plain gobsmacked.
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
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I'd say mostly I paint hot chicks.
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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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The people's desires have changed, but we're still stuck in our old issue set.
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If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
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Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
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We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participation, but people need to be informed before they can get involved.
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I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, I'm afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.
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There is a lot more hard work to do in the future for the well-being of our sisters and brothers, the people of Thailand.
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I did no research on 'The Best Man.' That was something that came out from my own head.
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Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that.
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The U.K. has been very progressive about on-demand, and the iPlayer has been a great invention. It has trained a generation of viewers to expect on-demand - unfortunately, it trains them to expect free!
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Always stay true to yourselves.
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Many of the big decisions over progression, promotion and future career trajectory are taken when people are in their late twenties and thirties, putting women at a huge disadvantage because this is the very time they are most likely to be having a break to have children.
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The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.
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The truth is, I was D.J.-ing on my college radio station in 1987, and I was called 'Mad Marj.'
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I've spoken in front of members of the U.S. Congress about a new dream of living in communities where everybody is welcome and everyone can live and go to school and work without facing the fear of bullies.
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Stick to the classics, and you can't ever go wrong. I see old ladies on the street who have fabulous style and realize it's because they are probably wearing really classic items that they've had for years and years. I think if you find something that suits you, you should just stick to it.
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You cannot be an actor like I am and not have been in some of the worst movies like I have. But I stand before you deeply honored, mighty grateful and just plain gobsmacked.
