John Wayne ("The Duke") Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
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There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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It fits my ADD, so that's good. Because I really can't focus on anything for too long. And 'Top Gear's really the easiest thing to do because I'm with my pals. It's like coming home with my friends. We're having so much fun making the show.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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I think that for some time now I have been living with an anxiety which has had no tangible cause. It has been like having a toothache, without the conscientious dentist having been able to find anything wrong with the tooth or with the person as a whole.
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I'm a real romantic.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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Creativity needs time to harness before it goes out, and because that's difficult, memes have become the creative language.
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I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need a re-examination of our entire policy on imprisonment...Our imprisonment policies are counterproductive.
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I enjoy how women dressed in the 1920s with the shimmering jewels and rich feathers.
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Our democracy's history is littered with names we neither remember nor celebrate - people who stood in the way of progress while protecting the powerful. On Wednesday, a number of senators voted to join that list.
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You just don't, in the 21st century, behave in 19th-century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text.
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We had a pretty good time together, when she wasn't trying to kill me!
