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I was tired of playing the nice, clean-cut cowboy in "Rawhide" (1959), I wanted something earthier. Something different from the old-fashioned Western. You know: Hero rides in, very stalwart, with white hat, man`s beating a horse, hero jumps off, punches man, schoolmarm walks down the street, sees this situation going on, slight conflict with schoolmarm, but not too much. You know schoolmarm and hero will be together in exactly 10 more reels, if you care to sit around and wait, and you know the man beast horse with eventually get comeuppance from hero this guy bushwhacks him in reel nine. But (Per un pugno di dollari (1964)) was different; it definitely had satiric overtones. The hero was an enigmatic figure, and that worked within the context of this picture. In some films, he would be ludicrous. You can`t have a cartoon in the middle of a Renoir.

- Clint Eastwood

Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties - provided we`re only talking about criminals.

- Ann Coulter

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

- Andrew Anagnost

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

- Andrew Anagnost

I thought we played solid defense throughout. That?s been our stalwart all year.

- Arshad Hussain