General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNEHealthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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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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I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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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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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I’m not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won’t be disappointed in me.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn’t always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.
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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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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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Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the system still works. Men abused money, but the system still works. Men lied and perjured themselves, but the system still .
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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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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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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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