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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.

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
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Boys Character Simple
When you stop fighting, that’s death.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Death Fighting People Person
I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I’ve been doing okay, haven’t I?
JOHN WAYNE

Character Country People Person Play
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
A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
JOHN WAYNE

Creed Jobs Matter Men
I believe humor nullifies violence.
JOHN WAYNE

Believe Violence
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Joy People Person Problem World
We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
JOHN WAYNE

Death Dying World
America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Land People Person Way
It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
JOHN WAYNE

Libertarian Liberty Trying
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Leadership Men Sports
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNE

Art Motion Pictures
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
JOHN WAYNE

Couches Cowboy Saws
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
Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
JOHN WAYNE

Down Knocked Life More Time

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