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
JOHN WAYNEA man is no better than he has to be.
More John Wayne Quotes
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I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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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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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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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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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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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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Let’s say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person’s life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I’d just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.
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My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
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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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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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