James Earl Jones
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"James Earl Jones" is an American actor who in a career of more than 60 years has become known as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors and "one of the greatest actors in American history." Since his Broadway theatre/Broadway debut in 1957, Jones has won many awards, including a Tony Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in The Great White Hope. Jones has won three Emmy Awards, including two in the same year in 1991, and he also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role in the film version of The Great White Hope (film)/The Great White Hope. He is also known for his voice acting, most notably as Darth Vader in the Star Wars film series and List of The Lion King characters#Mufasa/Mufasa in Walt Disney Animation Studios/Disney's The Lion King, as well as many other film, stage, and television roles.

As a child Jones overcame a stutter that lasted for several years. A Pre-medical/pre-med Academic major/major in college, he went on to serve in the United States Army during the Korean War, before pursuing a career in acting.

On November 12, 2011, he received an Honorary Academy Award.

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Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the Rebellion.

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose.

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 mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

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

[Quotable:] The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.

Your own need to be shines out of any dream or creation you imagine.

A dog and a beer.

And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base...