America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNEI’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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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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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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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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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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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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.
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Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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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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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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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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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.
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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