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Lifelong Readers Continue To Read, Finding In Books The Means To Enjoy Life Or Endure It

I Just Always Knew That I Lived In Two Worlds. There Was The World Of My House And Community, But To Make My Way In That White World I Had To Modify The Way I Spoke And Acted. I Had To Sometimes Not Make Direct Eye Contact.

Sam [l.jackson] Never Asks For Another Take Because He Knows What He's Doing. He Gives You What He Thinks Is The Best Take, And He Does It On The First Take.

What I Remember From [the First Meeting With Samuel L. Jackson] Was That He Was A Friendly, Animated Kind Of Guy. His Screen Image Is A Hard Boiled Intimidating Kind Of Character. That's What I Remembered Thinking, 'boy, This Guy Seems Like A Normal Guy.'

My Ass May Be Dumb, But I Ain't No Dumbass.