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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’

John Wayne

Contrary to what people think, I’m no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies.
JOHN WAYNE

People Politician Thinking
We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
JOHN WAYNE

Death Dying World
I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
JOHN WAYNE

Drink Men never Trust
Out here, due process is a bullet.
JOHN WAYNE

Bullets Guy Process Tough
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNE

Art Motion Pictures
Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
JOHN WAYNE

Door Funny Hate Humor Inches
One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
JOHN WAYNE

Lines Looks Twenties
All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
JOHN WAYNE

Battle Men Scared
General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNE

Acting Macarthur Servicemen
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
A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.
JOHN WAYNE

Asks Firsts Mine
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
JOHN WAYNE

Couches Cowboy Saws
I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
JOHN WAYNE

Children Three Wife
Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you’re stupid
JOHN WAYNE

Life Stupid Tough
If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
JOHN WAYNE

Being Thankful Thankfulness
I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
JOHN WAYNE

Guy Made Picture Shots

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