If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
JOHN WAYNEGeneral MacArthur told me, “You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself.”
More John Wayne Quotes
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Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist’s couch.
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Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.
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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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When you stop fighting, that’s death.
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Men forget everything; women remember everything.
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A man ought to do what he thinks is right
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Get off your butt and join the Marines!
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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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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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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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It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.
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I believe humor nullifies violence.
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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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Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
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Life is getting up one more time than you’ve been knocked down.
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