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I made over forty Westerns. I used to lie awake nights trying to think up new ways of getting on and off a horse.

William Wyler
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People had their image of what a cowboy was, ... A lot of it was perpetuated by the media presentations of the cowboys in fiction and old Westerns. And because of the tenure of the times, African-Americans were left out. As a result, reality was distorted.

Phil Roberts
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I'm excited. Western's been one of the top teams in the region all year. I think it'll be a great game.

Tony Binetti
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He's one of the last real western writers. A lot of these films he wrote were mostly westerns.

Tom Copeland
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It's essentially the USC that helped move this project along and we're in support of it, but obviously we will follow whatever our students say. I think everybody recognizes Western's recreational facilities aren't up to par and we need to improve student recreation on campus.

Ryan Dunn
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You know, it's like cowboys -- they love westerns. So people who are in intelligence work often like spy shows -- they get a kick out of it.

Peter Earnest
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Leone had a great sense of style, a love for and an understanding of Hollywood Westerns and a unique vision of the Wild West.

Sir Christopher Frayling
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I loved Westerns as a kid, and I wanted to see if they held up.

Sam Peckinpah
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Dorothy Dowling
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I guess the books are kind of like the old Saturday afternoon matinee serials. Most of them were westerns in those days. Where the hero is going off the cliff in a car filled with dynamite and that's were it would end, until you came back the following Saturday to find out what happened.

Clive Cussler
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I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, the fight for law, order and justice. Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned.

Clayton Moore
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She has the vision and experience to ensure a strong focus on student engagement in Western's planning for the future, particularly in areas such as interdisciplinary programs, service learning, co-op and internship opportunities and career services.

Fred Longstaffe
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I wanted a mix of 'B' films and first-class films, because I don't look down my nose at 'B' films. We have a very good collection of Randolph Scott westerns.

Bernard F. Dick
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Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

Arthur C. Clarke
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As far as I'm concerned, all my movies could be westerns, so this is good stuff.

Walter Hill
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I had a fantasy of being a pro baseball player, and I've gotten to play a Major League Baseball player (in 1992's 'Mr. Baseball'), ... I loved Westerns as a little kid and I get to do them. I even get to die as an actor and then you just go home and have dinner. It's great. So now, I'm not a candidate, but I play one on TV and I'll be home for dinner.

Tom Selleck
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I think we've got the right foundation down to be able to put Best Westerns along that tourism route. It could become an important destination route for world travelers. It runs through the heart and soul of Russia.

Bob Gilbert
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Most of the galleries are glorified frame shops; I wanted this to be a true gallery. I wanted it to be diverse. We have abstracts, westerns... people have too many tastes to only allow one sort of art here.

Ana Chapman
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The casting directors would always tell me that I was too exotic or I was too Native American-looking and they can't do anything with me and they don't make Westerns anymore.

Q'orianka Kilcher
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Leone provided that, primarily through stylistic devices, ... One of the things I like about Leone's Westerns is that he'll spend a very long time on the preliminaries to a gunfight. But then, once they exchange shots, it's very quick, much quicker than the typical walk-down in an American Western. All of that preparation is fabulous. It's kind of funny, and it's very suspenseful.

Richard Schickel
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Talk about cowboys. That's my passion. I think it's just wonderful when the studios revert back to doing westerns again.

Ernest Borgnine
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