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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.

John Wayne

America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Land People Person Way
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Bottles Mirrors Moving
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
Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
JOHN WAYNE

Men Running Western Movie
My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Love Prayer
I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
JOHN WAYNE

Children Three Wife
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
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
JOHN WAYNE

Basketball Decision Done
I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
JOHN WAYNE

Guy Made Picture Shots
General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNE

Acting Macarthur Servicemen
The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
JOHN WAYNE

People Reason Stupid
courage is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway” “A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life
JOHN WAYNE

Dream Giving Goal
When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
JOHN WAYNE

Bangs Half Looks
You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
JOHN WAYNE

Gentleman Man Men
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
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

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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