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All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn't drink, they didn't smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him

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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday

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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

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When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I'm not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won't be disappointed in me

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I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star

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In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures

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Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for that

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I've loved reading all my life

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I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries

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I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props

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My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers

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Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it

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I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or . It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word -

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Get off your butt and join the Marines!

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Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets

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All I'm for is the liberty of the individual

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