When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
JOHN WAYNEMen forget everything; women remember everything.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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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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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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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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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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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.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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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.
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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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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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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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