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A man is no better than he has to be.

John Wayne

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
Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
JOHN WAYNE

Flags Patriotic Wave
Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded…. They shout you down and won’t let you speak if you disagree with them.
JOHN WAYNE

Down Minded Open Speak
Men forget everything; women remember everything.
JOHN WAYNE

Funny Humor Sports
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Boys Character Simple
Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
JOHN WAYNE

Down Knocked Life More Time
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
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
America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Land People Person Way
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
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNE

Art Motion Pictures
When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I’m not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won’t be disappointed in me.
JOHN WAYNE

Disappointed Uncomfortable Want
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 WAYNE

Day Fighting Good Morning
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
A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
JOHN WAYNE

Chance Eye Men Second
A man ought to do what he thinks is right
JOHN WAYNE

Men Ought Thinking

A man is no better than he has to be.

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