Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 18,99 MB
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1493041665
Perhaps best known for his classic movie lines, such as "Fill your hands, you sons-of-bitches!" from True Grit, the late actor John Wayne often displayed a spontaneous and biting wit when away from the screen as well. When a reporter from the Harvard Crimson sarcastically asked Wayne if he looked at himself as an "American Legend," for example, the Duke replied: "Well, not being a Harvard man, I don't look at myself any more than necessary."
Author : Mark Orwoll
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,61 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1250815843
With more than 1,100 impeccably sourced quotes from throughout John Wayne's 172-film career, John Wayne Speaks: The Ultimate John Wayne Quote Book provides what has often been missing from other Duke Wayne reference books: accuracy, context, and comprehensiveness. These quotations offer a deep dive into Wayne’s films and acting persona—the iconic American man of action whose sense of values and decency are a veneer covering a boiling pot of determination, courage, outrage, and even violence. The quotes in John Wayne Speaks are at once inspirational, humorous, touching, and revealing. Author and veteran journalist Mark Orwoll has created an overlay of categories into which each quote fits, making the manuscript easy for readers to find the type of quote—or even the exact quote, footnoted to identify its film—they may be searching for. But John Wayne Speaks is more than just a collection of the actor's movie lines. Orwoll has researched and written an in-depth introduction to Wayne's film career to put the quotes in a broader context. Movie-lovers will also appreciate the author's opinionated capsule reviews and production notes from Wayne's complete filmography. John Wayne Speaks is the quote book that every fan of the Duke needs and a delightful addition to any cinephile’s library.
Author : Kathy Etling
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781585746569
More than 300 poignant moving or hilarious quotes about the American frontier.
Author : Carol Lea Mueller
Publisher : Lyons Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781493041657
This gem of inspiration contains John Wayne quotes on God and country, the old West, friends and family, and acting, as well as quotes from others about John Wayne the actor and John Wayne the man.
Author : Gerd De Ley
Publisher : Hatherleigh Press
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1578267854
An inspiring collection of over 200 favorite quotations about the Old West. From Roy Rogers to Will Rogers, Gene Autry to John Wayne, cowboys have always been a part of America. Now, Cowboy Wisdom collects over 200 essential quotes from history, myth and culture about the defining era of the Wild West, including humor, wise words, and powerful quotations. Cowboy Wisdom is great for the lover of the cowboy days, western movies, and Americana. Cowboy Wisdom presents a carefully curated collection of fun, ribald, and classic quotes celebrating the spirit of the days gone by.
Author : John Charles Frederick
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 33,3 MB
Release : 2021-01-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781944297848
This book is about quotes, and the headliners who made them. Author John Frederick met, interacted, or worked with some of the most famous, fascinating, figures of the day, and was privileged to elicit (or overhear) comments that may give readers a totally different view of such people as John Wayne. While we were preparing for what would be his last film, the author asked Duke what had been the single most difficult thing to accept or overcome in his fifty year career. "Keeping your innocence and enthusiasm in the face of terrible rejection," he answered. This probably does not match up with most people's view of John Wayne. Almost every story in this book is fresh and new, never seen before. There are three such John Wayne stories in StarCatcher. There are dozens of other quotes and names that will hold your attention. Each quote is followed by a story that makes StarCatcher a captivating easy read.
Author : Wayne W. Dyer
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 2002-04-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780060929695
Bestselling author Wayne W. Dyer has crafted a powerful collection of writings, poems, and sayings by some of the greatest thinkers of the past twentyfive centuries. In succinct original essays, Dyer sets out to explain the meaning and context of each piece of wisdom, and, most important, how we can actively apply these teachings to our modern lives. A beautiful and thoughtful gift, this book shows us a window to wisdom and a door to greatness.
Author : Gary R. Edgerton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1135765081
For nearly two centuries, Americans have embraced the Western like no other artistic genre. Creators and consumers alike have utilized this story form in literature, painting, film, radio and television to explore questions of national identity and purpose. Westerns: The Essential Collection comprises the Journal of Popular Film and Television’s rich and longstanding legacy of scholarship on Westerns with a new special issue devoted exclusively to the genre. This collection examines and analyzes the evolution and significance of the screen Western from its earliest beginnings to its current global reach and relevance in the 21st century. Westerns: The Essential Collection addresses the rise, fall and durability of the genre, and examines its preoccupation with multicultural matters in its organizational structure. Containing eighteen essays published between 1972 and 2011, this seminal work is divided into six sections covering Silent Westerns, Classic Westerns, Race and Westerns, Gender and Westerns, Revisionist Westerns and Westerns in Global Context. A wide range of international contributors offer original critical perspectives on the intricate relationship between American culture and Western films and television series. Westerns: The Essential Collection places the genre squarely within the broader aesthetic, socio-historical, cultural and political dimensions of life in the United States as well as internationally, where the Western has been reinvigorated and reinvented many times. This groundbreaking anthology illustrates how Western films and television series have been used to define the present and discover the future by looking backwards at America’s imagined past.
Author : Dr. Mardy Grothe
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 33,43 MB
Release : 2011-05-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0062079395
From Mardy Grothe, the author of Ifferisms,Oxymoronica,and I Never Met a Metaphor IDidn’t Like, comes a new collection of witty and wise quotations about what never to do in life. Remember, “never let the fear of striking out get in your way” (BabeRuth), "never hit anyone if you can help it, but never hit soft"(Theodore Roosevelt); "never be afraid tosit awhile and think" (Lorraine Hansberry); and, of course, neverleave home without the perfect quote for any occasion from Dr. Mardy’s Neverisms.
Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 13,38 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 087833999X
President Theodore Roosevelt left his mark on every facet of American life. Here, in a single volume, are not only his best Teddyisms and lost words, but also the best of Roosevelt's most memorable quotations, which serve to illuminate every area of our culture.
