This quote from John Wayne; "Life's hard. Its Even Harder if You're Stupid", seems to be appearing often these days....I even just used it myself. I have watched John Wayne movies for all of my life, and I still watch his movies. He represented everything every American kid wanted to become. Over the years he was the number one rated star over and over again. One year Clark Gable beat him out. That was in 1939 when Gone with the Wind came out. Wayne was right back on top the next year. Why?