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If you live in an oppressive society, you've got to be resilient. You can't let each little thing crush you. You have take every encounter and make yourself larger, rather than allow yourself to be diminished by it.
James Earl Jones
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James Earl Jones
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 17
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