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John Wayne

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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Mean Phrases Strong
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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Fighting Men Real
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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People Politician Thinking
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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Couches Cowboy Saws
Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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Courses Girl Love You
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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Daughter Embraces Man Mother
Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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Half Horse Mets
A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
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Chance Eye Men Second
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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Dream Giving Goal
I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
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Children Three Wife
You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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Gentleman Man Men
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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Decision Hats May
All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
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Battle Men Scared
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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Country Joy People Person Problem World
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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Boys Character Simple
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.
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Bottles Mirrors Moving

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