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• I believe humor nullifies violence.

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  Believe, Violence, I Believe

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• Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?

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  Patriotic, Flags, Wave

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• The West - the very words go straight to that place of the heart where Americans feel the spirit of pride in their western heritage - the triumph of personal courage over any obstacle, whether nature or man.

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  Heart, Pride, Men

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

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  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• If a man says, "I'll call you," and he doesn't, he didn't forget. . . . he didn't lose your number. . . . he didn't die. He just didn't want to call you.

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  Funny, Humor, Men

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• Jesus Christ! I would crawl over the mountains of Beverly Hills on my hands and knees if I could do a movie with Doris Day!

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  Jesus, Hands, Mountain

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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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  Men, Lied, Incidents

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• I drink for comradeship, and when I drink for comradeship, I don't bother to keep count.

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  Drink, Bother, Comradeship

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.25, Taylor Trade Publications

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• I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser--that's my nature.

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  Baby, Men

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.23, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.

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  Government, Joseph Mccarthy, Senators

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• Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.

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  Art, Motion Pictures

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.34, Taylor Trade Publications

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• We built your fort. We will not have it used against us.

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  Revolution, Used, Forts

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• I would think somebody like Jane Fonda and her idiot husband would be terribly ashamed and saddened that they were a part of causing us to stop helping the South Vietnamese. Now look what's happening. They're getting killed by the millions. Murdered by the millions. How the hell can she and her husband sleep at night?

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  Husband, Sleep, Night

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• I'm a greedy old man. Life's been good to me, and I want some more of it.

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  Men, Want, Greedy

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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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  Morning, Pride, Thinking

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

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• It rankles me when somebody tries to force somebody to do something.

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  Trying, Liberty, Libertarian

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• Hell, the truth is that I was named after a dog!

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  Dog, Hell, Truth Is

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.72, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Out here a man settles his own problems.

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  Men, Conservative, Problem

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.61, Taylor Trade Publications

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• We're burnin' daylight!

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  Daylight

  "Fictional character: Wil Andersen". "The Cowboys", www.imdb.com. January 13, 1972.

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• Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be. I was proud when President Nixon ordered the mining of Haiphong Harbor, which we should have done long ago, because I think we're helping a brave little country defend herself against Communist invasion. That's what I tried to show in The Green Berets and I took plenty of abuse from the critics.

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  Country, Thinking, Long Ago

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• courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" "A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life

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  Dream, Giving, Goal

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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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  Moving, Mirrors, Bottles

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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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  Joy, World, Problem

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• Republic. I like the sound of the word.

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  Sound, Republic, Conservative

  John Wayne, Carol Lea Mueller (2007). “The Quotable John Wayne: The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon”, p.62, Taylor Trade Publications

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• Sometimes I wonder whose side God's on.

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  God, Sides, Sometimes

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