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 WAYNEI’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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I don’t have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I’m not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I’m a professional.
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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A man is no better than he has to be.
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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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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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I’m an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.
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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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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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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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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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The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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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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I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
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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.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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