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.
JOHN WAYNEMy hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
More John Wayne Quotes
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One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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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.
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A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him.
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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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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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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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Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse!
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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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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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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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Out here, due process is a bullet.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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