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 WAYNEPaul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn’t always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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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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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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Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn’t always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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I figured I needed a gimmick, so I dreamed up this drawl, the squint and a way of moving meant to suggest that I wasn’t looking for trouble but would just as soon throw a bottle at your head as not. I practiced in front of a mirror.
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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you’re stupid
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