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James Earl Jones

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm not a romantic really.

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James Earl Jones is saying that he chooses to see things as they truly are rather than through an overly emotional or idealized lens. He identifies more with practical and straightforward thinking than with romantic or sentimental feelings.

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