General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
JOHN WAYNEI 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.
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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
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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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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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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling.
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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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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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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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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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I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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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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