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James Earl Jones

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One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.


— James Earl Jones


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More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather.


— James Earl Jones


#go #grandfather #i #inspired #me

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.


— James Earl Jones


#i #prefer #realist #really #romantic

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know.


— James Earl Jones


#because #been #child #ever #express

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in one direction, and I had to go back the other direction for my sanity, and for my ability to be a social human being.


— James Earl Jones


#back #because #being #direction #dramatic

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.


— James Earl Jones


#acting #although #anything #create #even

And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good as I was, perhaps who could have hung in too, but began to blame everything on race.


— James Earl Jones


#blame #could #end #everything #good

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know.


— James Earl Jones


#affirmative #affirmative action #because #being #embittered

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know.


— James Earl Jones


#because #cows #during #even #grew

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


#because #carry #citizens #criminals #decent






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Did you know about James Earl Jones?

In 1992 Jones was often seen as the host on the video tele-monitor for the Sea World resort in Orlando Florida. He moved to his grandparents' farm in Jackson Michigan when he was five but the transition was traumatic and he developed a stutter so severe he refused to speak. He also appeared in television and radio advertising for Verizon Business DSL and Verizon Online DSL from Verizon Communications.

On November 12 2011 he received an Honorary Academy Award. " Since his Broadway debut in 1957 Jones has won many awards including a Tony Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in The Great White Hope. As a child Jones overcame a stutter that lasted for several years.

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