When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
JOHN WAYNEIn 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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A man is no better than he has to be.
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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.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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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.
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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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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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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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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
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I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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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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