Tag: John Wayne
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Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
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If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’
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Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for that.
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All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn’t drink, they didn’t smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.
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I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That’s why I started in with the props.
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I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.
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When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I’m not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won’t be disappointed in me.
John Wayne
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I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.
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Get off your horse and drink your milk.
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I never have really become accustomed to the ‘John.’ Nobody ever really calls me John… I’ve always been Duke or Marion or . It’s a name that goes well together, and it’s like one word – .
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