You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
JOHN WAYNEA 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Let’s say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person’s life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I’d just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world.
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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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I believe humor nullifies violence.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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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.
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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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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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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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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Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
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Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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