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James Earl Jones

"I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas."

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"I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas."

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Donna Grant

"You cannot truly know pleasure without pain. You cannot truly know strength without weakness. You cannot truly know joy without sorrow. You cannot truly know hope without despair."

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Donna Grant

"In light, there is no darkness; and in darkness, there is no light."

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Donna Grant

"As with most things in life, a healthy balance will keep us on the right path. To avoid too much eye contact or too little, seek to create a comfortable mix. It is generally encouraged to use more eye contact when you are listening and less when you are speaking."

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Donna Grant

"The absolute value of being neutral is zero."

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Donna Grant

"The effect of overworking, we miss sacred moments."

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Donna Grant

"Relax, Recreate and Refresh!"

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Donna Grant

"There is a law of opposition apparent in all life which guarantees balance and fullness."

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Donna Grant

"This whole life is an art of knowing when to sit and when to stand up!"

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Donna Grant

"If you make lots of little changes to your lifestyle, you'll need to make time to have some fun too, otherwise life can get a little boring."

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Donna Grant

"She tried to think about what lay ahead, but soon gave up. 'Words turn into stone,' Nimit had told her. She settled deep into her seat and closed her eyes. All at once the image came to her of the sky she had seen while swimming on her back. And Erroll Garner's 'I'll Remember April.' Let me sleep, she thought. Just let me sleep. And wait for the dream to come."

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James Earl Jones
"I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors."

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James Earl Jones
"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."

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James Earl Jones
"Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy."

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James Earl Jones
"So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school."

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James Earl Jones
"Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know."

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James Earl Jones
"And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know."

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James Earl Jones
"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."

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James Earl Jones
"I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know."

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James Earl Jones
"The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was."

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James Earl Jones
"Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers."

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