Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
John WayneRead
Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you're stupid
Interpretation
Life presents many challenges, and ignorance makes them even harder to overcome.
In this quote, John Wayne reflects on the inherent difficulties of life and how a lack of understanding or awareness can exacerbate those challenges. It emphasizes the importance of wisdom and intelligence in navigating the complexities of existence, suggesting that being 'stupid' or uninformed can lead to more significant hardships.
In practice
During a motivational speech to college students about overcoming adversity.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.
Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling.
In my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right - that's me. Simple themes. Same me from the nuances. All I do is sell sincerity and I've been selling the hell out of that ever since I started.
I'm not the sort to back away from a fight. I don't believe in shrinking from anything. It's not my speed; I'm a guy who meets adversities head on.
Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts, corroborated by many sources, some of them sources of the intelligence services of other countries.
Whenever your feeling is in conflict with your wish, feeling will be the victor.
It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth, God, or love.
Believe things, rather than man.
Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
He who would teach men to die would teach them to live.
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