Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
JOHN WAYNEI 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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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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All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
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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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Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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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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The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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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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