Alright, so check it out, today I’m gonna walk you through how I compiled some famous Clint Eastwood quotes from his movies. It was a fun little project, kinda scratched an itch I had to play around with some text data.
First off, I needed the data, right? So, I started by doing some good ol’ fashioned Googling. I looked for websites that already had lists of Clint Eastwood quotes. Found a few decent ones. I copied and pasted those into a text file. Yeah, I know, super manual, but sometimes that’s just how it goes.
Next up, I needed to clean the data. The text I grabbed was a bit messy, with extra spaces, weird characters, and all sorts of junk. I opened it up in a text editor and went through it line by line, cleaning it up. Removed any duplicates I spotted while I was at it.
Then, I wanted to categorize the quotes by the movie they came from. This was the time-consuming part. I had to go back to the original websites, or sometimes even watch clips of the movies, to figure out which movie each quote belonged to. I noted the movie next to each quote in my text file. Felt like a detective, honestly.
After that, I decided to sort the quotes within each movie section. I wanted the most famous or impactful quotes at the top. This was totally subjective, based on what I remembered and what seemed to resonate the most when I re-read them.
Once I had the text all sorted and categorized, I started thinking about how to present it. I wanted it to be easily readable and, you know, kinda cool looking. So I decided to format the whole thing using some basic HTML. Nothing fancy, just some headings and lists to make it easier on the eyes.
I used <h2> tags for the movie titles and <p> tags for the quotes themselves. If I thought a particular quote was extra awesome, I’d wrap it in <strong> tags to make it stand out.
Lastly, I wanted to make sure the quotes were attributed correctly. For each movie, I made a little list of the main characters and the year the movie was released. Just to give it some context. I put that at the top of each movie section.
And that’s pretty much it! It was a simple project, but it was fun. Got to relive some classic movie moments and brush up on my basic HTML skills. Plus, now I have a handy list of Clint Eastwood quotes to drop whenever the mood strikes. Here’s a little snippet of how it ended up looking:
- Dirty Harry (1971)
“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?”
“Go ahead, make my day.”
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
“Every gun makes its own tune.”
