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1954, in an interview with Hedda Hopper regarding his marriage to Esperanza "Chata" Baur.
• Quoted in An A–Z of Hellraisers: A Comprehensive Compendium of Outrageous Insobriety (2010) by Robert Sellers http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=%22We+had+a+pretty+good+time+together%2C+when+she+wasn't+trying+to+kill+me!%22&rlz=1W1SKPT_en&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2359l9344l0l9672l4l4l0l0l0l0l531l1141l0.2.1.5-1l4l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&ei=GukKT_nkCMXf8gO2yqTMAQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=6f77fa42573fca86&biw=1024&bih=632
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We had a pretty good time together, when she wasn't trying to kill me!

— John Wayne

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We had a pretty good time together, when she wasn't trying to kill me!" in the context of "1954, in an interview with Hedda Hopper regarding his marriage to Esperanza "Chata" Baur.
• Quoted in An A–Z of Hellraisers: A Comprehensive Compendium of Outrageous Insobriety (2010) by Robert Sellers http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&q=%22We+had+a+pretty+good+time+together%2C+when+she+wasn't+trying+to+kill+me!%22&rlz=1W1SKPT_en&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2359l9344l0l9672l4l4l0l0l0l0l531l1141l0.2.1.5-1l4l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&ei=GukKT_nkCMXf8gO2yqTMAQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=6f77fa42573fca86&biw=1024&bih=632" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer.