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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

John Wayne

Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
JOHN WAYNE

Mind Names People
I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
JOHN WAYNE

Guy Made Picture Shots
But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
JOHN WAYNE

God Happy Healthy Men Sex
I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
JOHN WAYNE

Hate Nuance Simple
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
JOHN WAYNE

Couches Cowboy Saws
You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
JOHN WAYNE

Gentleman Man Men
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Disappointed Uncomfortable Want
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
JOHN WAYNE

Basketball Decision Done
A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
JOHN WAYNE

Creed Jobs Matter Men
The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
JOHN WAYNE

People Reason Stupid
I 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.
JOHN WAYNE

Bottles Mirrors Moving
Get off your butt and join the Marines!
JOHN WAYNE

Country Marine People Person
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNE

Art Motion Pictures
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
JOHN WAYNE

Regret Tomorrow Yesterday
I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Nobody People Person Shots
Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
JOHN WAYNE

Half Horse Mets

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