All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
JOHN WAYNENobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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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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I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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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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A man is no better than he has to be.
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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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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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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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