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 WAYNECourage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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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.
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Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you’re stupid
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the system still works. Men abused money, but the system still works. Men lied and perjured themselves, but the system still .
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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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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.
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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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
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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A man is no better than he has to be.
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I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
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