A man is no better than he has to be.
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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The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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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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A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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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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I’ve had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don’t understand women
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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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Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling.
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I don’t have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I’m not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I’m a professional.
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I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
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You don’t have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day’s work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds.
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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.
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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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Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
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