You don’t have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day’s work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.
JOHN WAYNEThanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
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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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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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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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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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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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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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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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But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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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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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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