A Quote by Samuel L. Jackson

I understand the rural south because I spent a lot of time in it when I was a kid and my grandfather’s brothers were farmers and I spent time on the farm when I was a kid with them walking through the fields and working and hanging out.

Samuel L. Jackson

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Samuel L. Jackson
American - Actor
Born: December 21, 1948

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I spent a lot of time bowling as a kid, mostly because I grew up in bowling alleys. They were kind of my playgrounds.

Chris Hardwick

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Sam Trammell

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Sandra Faber

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John Edgar Wideman

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Donald Hall

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Michael Pena

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