Let’s say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person’s life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I’d just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.
JOHN WAYNEIf you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
More John Wayne Quotes
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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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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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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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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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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I would like to be remembered, well… the Mexicans have a phrase, ‘Feo fuerte y formal’. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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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.
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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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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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I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?
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