I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst’s couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing.
JOHN WAYNEWe brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
More John Wayne Quotes
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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If you can’t be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
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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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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
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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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Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you.
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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.
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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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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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Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
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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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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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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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