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.
Quotes to Explore
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
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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.
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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.
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Black glutinous rice works in both savoury and sweet dishes. It's a popular pudding rice in south-east Asia, where you'll often come across it cooked with water, coconut milk and a pandan leaf.
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I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.
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Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
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I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.
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No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
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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.
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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.
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At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.
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Actors are actors, and there should be a complete fluidity for anyone to play anything.
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Getting chronic Lyme disease is probably the fastest way to figure out what and who is real in your life.
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Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family
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Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.
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Candidates are making lasting impressions on voters, not just primary voters, in how they campaign.
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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.
