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John Wayne

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

Art Motion Pictures
Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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Mind Names People
A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
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Chance Eye Men Second
The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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People Reason Stupid
I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
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Hate Nuance Simple
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.
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Disappointed Uncomfortable Want
Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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Half Horse Mets
When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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Country Death Fighting People Person
I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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Country Nobody People Person Shots
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.
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Asks Firsts Mine
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
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
A man is no better than he has to be.
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Better Country Men People Person
I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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Guy Made Picture Shots
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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Feet Hero Stars
If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Black Conservative Reality White

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