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 WAYNEScrew ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
More John Wayne Quotes
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Contrary to what people think, I’m no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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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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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
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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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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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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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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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Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
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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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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.
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