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.
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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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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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.
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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I believe humor nullifies violence.
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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.
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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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If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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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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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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A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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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.
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