John Wayne ("The Duke") Quotes

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.

John Wayne

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• Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Good
  • Important
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• I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.

  

  Adam Beach
  • Kids
  • Hope
  • Change

• I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.

  

  Laura Dern
  • People
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• I think as any mother would be she was absolutely over the moon. And actually we had quite an awkward situation because I knew and I knew that William had asked my father but I didn't know if my mother knew.

  

  Kate Middleton
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• Sony is the coolest studio. They are really amazing. I think part of it comes from they're not an American corporation. They don't work by quite the same rules. And their studio heads have a lot of autonomy.

  

  Adam McKay
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• I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.

  

  Iain Glen
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• I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

  

  Ted Shackelford
  • Writing
  • Interest
  • Directing

• No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • Leadership
  • Goals
  • Dreams

• If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done.

  

  Octavia Spencer
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• I came to feel very, very sentimental about those sets, which is ludicrous, because they represent everything which is transitory and insubstantial. It's absurd that one should feel sentimental about timber and canvas.

  

  Patrick Stewart
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• At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
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• Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

  

  Dalai Lama
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• I start out giving characters archetypes and parameters. Once I know the basics and have a rudimentary model, it's easier to carve unique curves and edges. It's quite easy to guess how a character is going to react if you know their background, and at a certain point, you realize you understand them personally.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Character
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• History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all.

  

  Fernand Braudel
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• I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.

  

  Carly Fiorina
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• Actors are actors, and there should be a complete fluidity for anyone to play anything.

  

  Eddie Redmayne
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• I'm certainly not into money and prestige. For me there is simply nothing more exciting than people involved in the creation of great products. That is what drives me.

  

  Aaron Levie
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• The Santiago Bernabeu is an amazing stadium.

  

  Francesco Totti
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• Each day that we live, we're taking in new information, ideas, concepts, experiences, and sensations. We need to consciously stand guard at the doors of our minds to make sure that whatever we're allowing to enter will cause our lives to be enriched, that the experiences we pursue will add to our stockpile of possibility.

  

  Anthony Robbins
  • Mind
  • Causes
  • Possibility

• Devotion means constantly thinking about God or your teacher. It is like always thinking about your beloved.

  

  Choa Kok Sui
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  • Mean
  • Teacher

• If you have a good thing going behind the scenes, you'll have a good thing going on-screen.

  

  Dylan O'Brien
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• I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life, and to say things to the world that are true.

  

  Pablo Casals
  • Life
  • World
  • True

• I definitely went through a period where I don't want to say I hated myself, but I hated what I saw in the mirror. I would try to cover it up, and it wasn't until I started doing sports - until after London 2012 - that I kind of started getting more of that confidence in my body and appreciating my body.

  

  Oksana Masters
  • Up
  • Sports
  • Confidence

• I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am.

  

  John Wayne