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• Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I mean. They deal in life and sudden death and primitive struggle, and with the basic emotions - love, hate, and anger - thrown in. We'll have westerns films as long as the cameras keep turning. The fascination that the Old West has will never die. And as long as people want to pay money to see me act, I'll keep on making westerns until the day I die.

  John Wayne

  Art, Mistake, Hate

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• One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue.

  John Wayne

  Twenties, Looks, Lines

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.50, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from.

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  Running, Men, Western Movie

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.56, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again" might sound like a challenge. If you want to get rid of a man, I suggest saying, "I love you. . . . I want to marry you. . . . I want to have your children." Sometimes they leave skid marks.

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  Funny, Hurt, Children

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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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  Strong, Mean, Phrases

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• A man ought to do what he thinks is right

  John Wayne

  Men, Thinking, Ought

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• Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.

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  Inspirational, Life, Stupid

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• We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out.

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  Death, Dying, World

  "Fictional character: Thomas Dunson". "Red River", www.imdb.com. 1948.

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• Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow.

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  Grief, Journey, Grieving

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• Out here, due process is a bullet.

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  Bullets, Tough Guy, Process

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.60, Taylor Trade Publications

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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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  War, Mean, People

  "Fictional character: Davy Crockett". "The Alamo", 1960.

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• The hyphenated American is ridiculous. But that's what we have to put up with. I think that any person that's in the United States is better off here than they would be where they came from.

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  Thinking, United States, Would Be

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• When you stop fighting, that's death.

  John Wayne

  Fighting

  "Fictional character: Breck Coleman, Wagon Train Scout". "The Big Trail", www.imdb.com. 1930.

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• That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened.

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  Funny, Sports, Humor

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• America is the land of freedom and that’s the way I enjoy living.

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  Land, America, Way

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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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  Funny, Hate, Humor

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• Get off your horse and drink your milk.

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  Horse, Drink Milk, Milk

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• I read someplace that I used to make B-pictures. Hell, they were a lot farther down the alphabet than that . . . but not as far down as R and X. I think any man who makes an X-rated picture ought to be made to take his own daughter to see it.

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  Mother, Daughter, Men

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Wayne: I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them ..... the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves. .... I'm quite sure that the concept of a Government-run reservation .... seems to be what the socialists are working for now -- to have everyone cared for from cradle to grave ..... But you can't whine and bellyache 'cause somebody else got a break and you didn't, like those Indians are. We'll all be on a reservation soon if the socialists keep subsidizing groups like them with our tax money.

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  Running, Country, Government

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• A long time ago, I made me a rule. I let people do what they want to do.

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  Long, People, Want

  "Fictional character: Hondo Lane". "Hondo", www.imdb.com. 1953.

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• Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West--the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world. The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure. The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it.

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  Country, Song, Cowboy

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.33, Taylor Trade Publications

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• I eat as much as I ever did, I drink more than I should, and my sex life is none of your goddamned business.

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  Sex, Life Is, Drink

  Playboy interview, May 1971.

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• The fire is not discriminating. It burns anything in its path for whatever reason.

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  Fire, Path, Reason

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• I never shot nobody I didnt have to.

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  Shots

  "Fictional character: Rooster Cogburn". "True Grit", 1969.

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• If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

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  Black And White, Reality, Conservative

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.12, Taylor Trade Publications

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