True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.
JOHN WAYNEI would like to be remembered, well… the Mexicans have a phrase, ‘Feo fuerte y formal’. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity.
More John Wayne Quotes
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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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Communism is quite obviously still a threat. Yes, they are human beings, with a right to their point of view . . .
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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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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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Most men hate to shop. That’s why the men’s department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.
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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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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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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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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 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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America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.
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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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