#pre

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going well, and I considered some time before the mid-60s that maybe I should consider something else. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#consider #considered #else #going #got

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#face #got #grandmother #had #her

You don't build a bond without being present. ↗

— James Earl Jones

#bond #build #present #without #you

It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#back #better #look #prepare #regret

The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2. ↗

— Kelly Jones

#bowie #come #come and go #david #david bowie

I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#actually #away #creating #enriched #feeling

So when you make an impression in a certain kind of role, that tends to be the type of role that you get offered. ↗

— Jeffrey Jones

#get #impression #kind #make #offered

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music. ↗

— Kelly Jones

#interpret #listener #meanings #music #own

When you are on tour in the UK it takes a few hours to get anywhere. A lot of the time you can have a beer, close your eyes for two minutes, and then you are there. In the U.S. it is much more like a road trip as all the cities are so spread apart. ↗

— Kelly Jones

#apart #beer #cities #close #eyes

A lot of women say they love being pregnant, but I wasn't such a big fan. ↗

— Marion Jones

#being #being pregnant #big #big fan #fan