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 WAYNEAll battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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A man is no better than he has to be.
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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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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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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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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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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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Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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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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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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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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Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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