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

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Source : "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

James Earl Jones

#Actors Quotes #Entitlement Quotes

“It is natural and harmless in English to use a preposition to end a sentence with.”

Source : Kingsley Amis (2011). “The King's English”, p.209, Penguin UK
“It's amazing what we can get away with and what we can't. But it's not for me to decide.”
“I try not to respond with a pep talk, such as, "Everyone has talent, just try, you'll see." I skirt those kinds of answers.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.”
“I was sitting in my office when someone called to tell me two light planes had collided with the World Trade Centre. I turned on my television; before long, there was this procession of people of all kinds walking up the street. What I remember most was the silence of that crowd; there was no sound.”
“The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.”
“We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.”

Source : Sophie Hannah (2011). “Lasting Damage: Culver Valley Crime”, p.49, Hachette UK
“His hustle was wrong, his mind was his own, but the man lived alone, oh, Superfly.”

Source : Song: Superfly

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