One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
JOHN WAYNEThere’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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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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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I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?
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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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The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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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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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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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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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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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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My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
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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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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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