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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.

John Wayne

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 WAYNE

Asks Firsts Mine
I believe humor nullifies violence.
JOHN WAYNE

Believe Violence
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
Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
JOHN WAYNE

Education Inspirational Life
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
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNE

Art Motion Pictures
I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.
JOHN WAYNE

Fighting Men Real
I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
JOHN WAYNE

Drink Men never Trust
If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
JOHN WAYNE

Being Thankful Thankfulness
Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
JOHN WAYNE

Mind Names People
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
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
Out here, due process is a bullet.
JOHN WAYNE

Bullets Guy Process Tough
When you stop fighting, that’s death.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Death Fighting People Person
Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
JOHN WAYNE

Healthy Sex Wonderful
There’s right and there’s wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you’re living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you’re dead as a beaver hat.
JOHN WAYNE

Decision Hats May

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