Get off your butt and join the Marines!
JOHN WAYNEIn my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right – that’s me. Simple themes. Same me from the nuances. All I do is sell sincerity and I’ve been selling the hell out of that ever since I started.
More John Wayne Quotes
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A man is no better than he has to be.
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Contrary to what people think, I’m no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.
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I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
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I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.
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Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the system still works. Men abused money, but the system still works. Men lied and perjured themselves, but the system still .
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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courage is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway” “A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life
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In my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right – that’s me. Simple themes. Same me from the nuances. All I do is sell sincerity and I’ve been selling the hell out of that ever since I started.
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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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I don’t want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.
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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.
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