“I miss Burt Lancaster—we fought a lot, and I miss him a lot. And John Wayne, even though he was a Republican and I was a Democrat.”— Kirk Douglas, theguardian.com
“One of the many curious aspects of American culture is the absence of an 'upper' class, a 'high' society, an hedonic aristocracy. America since Lincoln has been a heavy, feet-on-the-ground John Wayne society. The triumph of mediocrity and practicality.”— Timothy Leary, archive.org