My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
JOHN WAYNEI 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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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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A man is no better than he has to be.
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?
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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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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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I don’t have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I’m not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I’m a professional.
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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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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded…. They shout you down and won’t let you speak if you disagree with them.
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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