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 WAYNELife is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.
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I would like to be remembered, well… the Mexicans have a phrase, ‘Feo fuerte y formal’. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.
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Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded…. They shout you down and won’t let you speak if you disagree with them.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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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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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.
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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.
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Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you — either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation.
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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
JOHN WAYNE







