General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNEI never shot nobody I didnt have to.
More John Wayne Quotes
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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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 would like to be remembered, well… the Mexicans have a phrase, ‘Feo fuerte y formal’. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.
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In my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right – that’s me. Simple themes. Same me from the nuances. All I do is sell sincerity and I’ve been selling the hell out of that ever since I started.
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Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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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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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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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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I believe humor nullifies violence.
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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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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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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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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
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