James Earl Jones Quotes

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings of the world.

James Earl Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1931

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My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.

Jennifer Garner

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The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.

Jenny Han

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You can't give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside - so be it. But at least you know you've tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.

Robert Plant

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I think coaches should get the same amount of credit in victory that they get in defeat.

Jeff Van Gundy

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Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadn't had an audience, and lines to speak?

Jean Genet

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There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it.

Michael Cimino

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I love sci-fi and fantasy.

Amber Benson

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I never allowed writer's block to be a reality. I framed it up for myself early on. I said, 'OK, if I'm not writing, the well is just filling up. I'm going to be patient with this.'

Rodney Crowell

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I was on a path. I was going to become a principal dancer. I never let my mind rest.

Misty Copeland

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You don't have time to dwell on what is going on in the games.

Logan Mankins

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I had never gone to college. I was not from a politically connected family. I had no money of my own. Who is going to do business with you?

Chris Gardner

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You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.

Christopher Meloni

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