John Wayne ("The Duke") Quotes
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I didn't start working out until college. But in college I could feel my body changing, and I knew that if I didn't make some changes, I was going to go in the wrong direction.
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My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.
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As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.
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The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
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I am not a good cue card reader.
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We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.
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Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.
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'Lord of the Rings' was a childhood favorite, though the adult Rae wishes the women in those books had more significance and agency.
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My hair had been dyed blonde for 'Dredd.' After 'Dredd,' I was really fried because of the blonde hair dye, and so I cut it into a bob with bangs and that's how it was during 'Being Flynn.'
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I realise I might pass down an incurable illness to my son, but living based on what might go wrong seems like less and less of a life as I get older. The one thing I can try to control is whether I teach my child to be ruled by anxiety, by fear. That's something that gets passed down, too.
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Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.
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Despite what Pope Benedict would have us believe, sex without love can be fucking amazing.
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Helpmate, n. A wife, or bitter half.
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Ninety percent of them artists in general are forgotten ten minutes after they’re dead.
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When you meet someone, of course you want it to last forever. It'd be very depressing if you didn't feel that way. But things change, and you maybe grow apart. You have to accept that.
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My mom and dad always tried to make Christmas special for us. We were poor, but it's funny because we had no idea.
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I'm not making any money, but I view it as some sort of investment, or like buying myself a great present.
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Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.
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People shouldn't look at me and think life is one big piece of glamour. That's the marketing, the spin. Life is challenging. But I have courage, strength, and enough good health to see the positive.
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I own some bugs encased in lucite or something. I also have a big cat's eye - a fake one - made for a taxidermist. I really like animals.
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Symbols mean something and symbols often can spark hope and action in people particularly young people.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
