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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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 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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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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I was a theater major at Northwestern University and won a role in a play called 'Mr. Marmalade' after I graduated.
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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The sea was at the bottom of my road, and I seemed to spend my childhood in it or on it, hearing, tasting, smelling it. Now, still, I need to be near water as often as possible.
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I've never called President Obama a racist. I love President Obama. I pray for him all the time. God loves President Obama. God loves you. And God loves me.
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You can drive yourself crazy and tie yourself in knots trying to anticipate what someone's going to like or not like, and doing test screenings and opinion polls. But pay too much mind to that, and you'll wind up with a big pile of mush.
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Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.
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We had a pretty good time together, when she wasn't trying to kill me!
