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.
JOHN WAYNEGeneral MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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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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Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the system still works. Men abused money, but the system still works. Men lied and perjured themselves, but the system still .
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True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
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Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
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Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
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A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.
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We brought nothing into this world and it’s certain we can carry nothing out.
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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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General MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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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. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done.
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Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.
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Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you’re stupid
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