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When you stop fighting, that’s death.

John Wayne

Contrary to what people think, I’m no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.
JOHN WAYNE

People Politician Thinking
Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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Courses Girl Love You
If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
JOHN WAYNE

Black Conservative Reality White
Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
JOHN WAYNE

Men Running Western Movie
I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
JOHN WAYNE

Hate Nuance Simple
The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
JOHN WAYNE

People Reason Stupid
I’m an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.
JOHN WAYNE

Clothes Horse Legs Tough
True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.
JOHN WAYNE

Leadership Men Sports
Get off your butt and join the Marines!
JOHN WAYNE

Country Marine People Person
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Mean People War
Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
JOHN WAYNE

Giving Government Promise
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Boys Character Simple
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Door Funny Hate Humor Inches
A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
JOHN WAYNE

Chance Eye Men Second
All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
JOHN WAYNE

Battle Men Scared
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Daughter Embraces Man Mother

When you stop fighting, that’s death.

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