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

Quote by James Earl Jones

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And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in...

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should...

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it...

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have...

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...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

Love is just love, it can never be explained.

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...

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that...

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that...