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.
JOHN WAYNETomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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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’m an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.
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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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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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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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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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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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You don’t have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day’s work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.
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Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded…. They shout you down and won’t let you speak if you disagree with them.
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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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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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