America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNEPaul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn’t always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.
More John Wayne Quotes
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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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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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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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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?
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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
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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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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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I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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