Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.

Quote by James Earl Jones

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When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

Love is like an earthquake-unpredictable, a little scary, but when the hard part is over...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

And it was the idea that you can do a play - like a Shakespeare...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance...

You weren't going to the theater to change the world, but you had a chance...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

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

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

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he...

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he...

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

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

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

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...

I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one...