True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
JOHN WAYNEThanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
More John Wayne Quotes
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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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I never shot nobody I didnt have to.
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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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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
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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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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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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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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn’t always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay.
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Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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