John Wayne ("The Duke") Quotes
I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.
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Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I love working with women.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
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New Order has always been a hybrid band. We always mixed guitar, bass, drums with electronic.
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If you can't be a hero, you can at least be funny while being a chicken.
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I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I was witness to a woman who single handedly brought up the entire family and managed to do everything... She was an extraordinary role model for me.
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I do love gymnastics, but it's such an intense sport and you have to be so committed. It's such a commitment that it's really hard to do anything else other than gymnastics as people progress.
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Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.
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I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.
