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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.

John Wayne

I believe humor nullifies violence.
JOHN WAYNE

Believe Violence
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
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
I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
JOHN WAYNE

Guy Made Picture Shots
Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
JOHN WAYNE

Down Knocked Life More Time
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
courage is being scared to death – and saddling up anyway” “A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life
JOHN WAYNE

Dream Giving Goal
America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
JOHN WAYNE

Country Land People Person Way
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
Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
JOHN WAYNE

Communism Point View Views
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Boys Character Simple
You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman.
JOHN WAYNE

Gentleman Man Men
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
JOHN WAYNE

Art Motion Pictures
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.
JOHN WAYNE

Asks Firsts Mine
Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
JOHN WAYNE

Courage Day Fear Veterans
A man ought to do what he thinks is right
JOHN WAYNE

Men Ought Thinking

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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