Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
JOHN WAYNEWesterns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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But don’t get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I’m awfully happy there’s a thing called sex. It’s an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.
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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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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.
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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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I’m an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres.
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Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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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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Sometimes I wonder whose side God’s on.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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