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.
JOHN WAYNEI stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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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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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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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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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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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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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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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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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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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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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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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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