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.
JOHN WAYNEA man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
More John Wayne Quotes
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I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
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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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Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling.
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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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There’s right and there’s wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you’re living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you’re dead as a beaver hat.
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You don’t have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day’s work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.
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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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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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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
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