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"The guy you see on the screen isn’t really me. I’m Duke Morrison, and I never was and never will be a film personality like JOHN WAYNE . I know him well. I’m one of his closest students. I have to be. I made a living out of him."
"You're short on ears and long on mouth."
"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."
"Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you're stupid"
"A man ought to do what he thinks is right"
"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."
"Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?"
"I've had three wives, six children and six grandchildren and I still don't understand women"
"It's kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here."
"Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist's couch."
"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."
"When you stop fighting, that's death."
"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."
"Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick."
"You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman."
"My favorite four-letter words are 'hard work'."
"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."
"Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid."
"I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser--that's my nature."
"If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'"