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James Earl Jones quote recalls struggle with childhood stutter
A quote from James Earl Jones’s 1993 autobiography, Voices and Silences, recalls the pain of having feelings that cannot be expressed. “One of the hardest things in life is having words in…
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A quote from James Earl Jones’s 1993 autobiography, Voices and Silences, recalls the pain of having feelings that cannot be expressed. “One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter,” he wrote. The line reflected his severe childhood stutter, which he gradually overcame during his teenage years after a teacher asked him to recite a poem before classmates.
Jones, who died aged 93 in New York on September 9, 2024, built a seven-decade career in theatre, film and television. He voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King, and received three Emmys, three Tonys, a Grammy and an honorary Academy Award.
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It is easy to turn Jones’s quote into a neat story of adversity conquered, but that can flatten a life shaped by years of work, training and repeated performance. Nor should his stutter be treated as a simple lesson that courage fixes every barrier. The useful test is less inspirational: do schools, workplaces and public services give people enough time and space to speak without judgement?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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