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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/even-during-the-rationing-period-during-world-war-ii-we-didn-t-have/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

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## More by James Earl Jones

> [You sang in church, you know, and you didn't act at all. You tried not to act, you tried to tell the truth. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/you-sang-in-church-you-know-and-you-didn-t-act-at-all-you-tried-not/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/even-during-the-rationing-period-during-world-war-ii-we-didn-t-have/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/i-really-think-i-ambled-through-a-lot-of-my-life-or-ambled-from-one/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [There is a very fine line between love and nausea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/there-is-a-very-fine-line-between-love-and-nausea/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/no-one-asked-me-to-be-an-actor-so-no-one-owed-me-there-was-no/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [You weren't going to the theatre to change the world, but you had a chance to affect the world, the thinking and the feelings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/you-weren-t-going-to-the-theatre-to-change-the-world-but-you-had-a/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [People who lusted after Marilyn Monroe had no idea she stuttered. It is the secret of her sexiness, actually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/people-who-lusted-after-marilyn-monroe-had-no-idea-she-stuttered-it/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/in-our-resolve-to-build-a-better-world-we-seek-to-summon-what-abraham/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/and-nothing-embittered-me-which-is-important-because-i-think-ethnic/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/i-was-preparing-myself-for-the-theater-and-i-got-a-little-job-here/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/your-own-need-to-be-shines-out-of-any-dream-or-creation-you-imagine/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [I love doing commercials! Usually, they have enough money that they can take time and photograph it well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/i-love-doing-commercials-usually-they-have-enough-money-that-they-can/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/stuttering-is-painful-in-sunday-school-i-d-try-to-read-my-lessons-and/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/speech-is-a-very-important-aspect-of-being-human-a-whisper-doesn-t/)

[James Earl Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-earl-jones/)

> [Don't you try and go through life worried if someone had liked you or not. You best make sure that they are doing right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-earl-jones/don-t-you-try-and-go-through-life-worried-if-someone-had-liked-you-or/)

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