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" My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over. "

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" I was drafted during the Korean War. "

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" If somebody's dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they're going to have to take what they get. "

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" I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours. "

" The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits. "

" I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don't have a toy, they'll pick up a stick and make a toy out of it. Kids will daydream all the time. "

" Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don't move fast, but I just keep moving. "

" I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive. "

" I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?' "

" Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn't be anybody there. We'd struggle to raise a quorum. "

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" People love westerns worldwide. There's something fantasy-like about an individual fighting the elements. Or even bad guys and the elements. It's a simpler time. There's no organized laws and stuff. "

" I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal. "

" I think there is a lot made out of age, and what age you feel. "

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" I'd always tried to resist playing the supervirility thing. I liked showing the vulnerability of age. "

" I mean, I've always been a libertarian. Leave everybody alone. Let everybody else do what they want. Just stay out of everybody else's hair. "

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" I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling. "

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" When I was born, the economy wasn't in a great state; it was the Depression, and my father had to be quick to try and find work. "

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