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John Wayne

I 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.
JOHN WAYNE

Daughter Embraces Man Mother
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
JOHN WAYNE

Regret Tomorrow Yesterday
I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
JOHN WAYNE

Hate Nuance Simple
I don’t have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I’m not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I’m a professional.
JOHN WAYNE

Morning Pride Thinking
All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
JOHN WAYNE

Battle Men Scared
Get off your butt and join the Marines!
JOHN WAYNE

Country Marine People Person
One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
JOHN WAYNE

Lines Looks Twenties
Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
JOHN WAYNE

Corruption Masquerade Wayne
Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
JOHN WAYNE

God Sides Sometimes
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
JOHN WAYNE

Basketball Decision Done
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Mean Phrases Strong
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
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Clothes Horse Legs Tough
If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
JOHN WAYNE

Black Conservative Reality White
A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
JOHN WAYNE

Chance Eye Men Second
A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
JOHN WAYNE

Creed Jobs Matter Men
I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
JOHN WAYNE

Children Three Wife
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
JOHN WAYNE

Couches Cowboy Saws
Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
JOHN WAYNE

Healthy Sex Wonderful
Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
JOHN WAYNE

Men Running Western Movie
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Decision Hats May
Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
JOHN WAYNE

Courage Day Fear Veterans
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Disappointed Uncomfortable Want
Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
JOHN WAYNE

Courses Girl Love You
I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.
JOHN WAYNE

Drink Men never Trust
But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
JOHN WAYNE

God Happy Healthy Men Sex
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 WAYNE

Fighting Men Real

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