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.
JOHN WAYNEGovernment 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.
More John Wayne Quotes
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I’ve made over 250 pictures and have never shot a guy in the back. Change it.
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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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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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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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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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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
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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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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
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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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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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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A man is no better than he has to be.
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