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James Earl Jones (January 17, 1931 – September 9, 2024) was an American actor known for his roles in film and theater. He was one of the few performers to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).
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When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.
Voices and Silences (1993)
One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.
Voices and Silences (1993)
If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it.
One Million Strong: A Photographic Tribute of the Million Man March (1996)
I have never traveled to anyone else's drumbeat. Some people have called me a rebel. I qualify as one. A lot of it is inadvertent, unintentional, not a gesture at all, just me, just the nature of myself, finding my own drumbeat.
Voices and Silences (1993)
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