Tucson Quotes

Years ago, I saved up a million dollars from acting, a lot of money in those days, and I spent it all on a horse farm in Tucson. Now when I go down there, I look at that place and I realize my whole acting career adds up to a million dollars worth of horse shit.

(On John Huston) It`s another aspect of the character that pleased me: he was interested in other things besides his art. He liked women, gambling, living the high life. He could have a life parallel to his work. I could identify with this type of behavior. But, because of this very fact, he became attracted more and more by other things, so that what interested him in life moved him away from his art to the point that he nearly lived a tragedy. And the tragedy brings him back to reality. If you study Huston`s life, you realize that at the age of nineteen he thought he didn`t have long to live because of a heart defect a doctor has notified him of as a result of a misdiagnosis. It drove him to elaborate a personal philosophy according to which he would profit from life to the maximum. He didn`t take care of himself - he was a confirmed smoker, a heavy drinker - and yet he lived to be more than eighty. Paul Newman spoke to me about him when we were acting at the same time, each in a different movie, in Tucson, Arizona. He was starring in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) and I was doing Joe Kidd (1972) with John Sturges. Huston drank martinis and smoked cigars all night long, slept from one o`clock to four o`clock in the morning because he was an insomniac, did everything he shouldn`t do to live to be old, and yet he died at a very great age! It was the same thing with John Wayne, who was first of all the opposite of a health fanatic.

The Sons of the Pioneers is the foundation of Western music and to see them leave Tucson is a devastating blow for the community.

Tucson is a place people want to live and unfortunately it will be with us for a while.

Suppliers here in Tucson can not keep up with the demand they are only able to produce so much. They can`t keep up with the demand.

It was one of the most magnificent things in the history of Tucson. We didn`t have near enough pillows and blankets. It was such an amazing gift.

(Sotero kept quiet, worrying that her family would be targeted. But she found comfort in numbers at last week`s rally, organized by Tucson`s Border Action Network. In August 2004, BAN hosted a community forum where anger simply erupted.) People had been afraid to speak out, ... They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so dominant and so imposing in their communities, where they`re told they don`t have any rights.

My wife and I fell in love with Tucson.

My wife and I fell in love with Tucson, ... I`m excited to be here. My wife is thrilled. We hope to be here a long time.

In the past few years, we had reduced our performance and touring schedule while the company regained financial stability. We plan to include a much heightened touring schedule in the near future with Tucson as our No. 1 priority.

The dance community in Tucson is definitely getting bigger.

We do know there`s about 150 kids on any given night on the streets in Tucson ... teen homelessness affects everyone.

Tucson and New Zealand have similar ways of approaching economic development, ... We`re not a very large economy. Tucson is a good fit for us.

Our businesses are increasingly aware you can`t just sell to the United States. You have to establish yourself here. I`m encouraging New Zealand businesses to set themselves up in Tucson.

Our businesses are increasingly aware you can`t just sell to the United States, ... You have to establish yourself here. I`m encouraging New Zealand businesses to set themselves up in Tucson.

Tucson and New Zealand have similar ways of approaching economic development. We`re not a very large economy. Tucson is a good fit for us.