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 WAYNENobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
More John Wayne Quotes
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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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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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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 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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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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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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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 believe humor nullifies violence.
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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
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