General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNEcourage 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
More John Wayne Quotes
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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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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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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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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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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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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I believe humor nullifies violence.
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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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If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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I don’t want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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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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Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
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