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John
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From John
Wayne’s Tombstone
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at
midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in
our hands. It hopes we've learnt something from yesterday." |
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Hondo (1953)
Hondo Lane (John Wayne) |
"I don't guess people's hearts got
anything to do with a calendar."
"Yup. The end of a way of life. Too bad. It's a good way. Wagons
forward! Yo!" |
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Red River (1948)
Tom Dunson (John Wayne) |
"Every time you turn around expect to see
me. 'Cause one time you'll turn around and I'll be there, and I'll kill
you, Matt." |
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Rio Bravo (1959)
John Chance (John Wayne) |
"Sorry don't get it done, Dude." |
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The Shootist (1976)
John Book (John Wayne) |
"I won’t be wronged, I won’t be
insulted, I won’t be laid a hand on, I don’t do these things to other
people, and I require the same from them." |
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Stagecoach (1939)
Ringo Kid (John Wayne) |
"Well, there are some things a man just
can't run away from." |
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The Alamo (1960)
David Crockett (John Wayne) |
"Republic. I like the sound of the word."
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Big Jake (1971)
Jacob McCandles (John Wayne) |
"Well, son, since you haven't learned to respect
your elders, it's time you learned to respect your betters."
"I'm not worried about your butt!"
"Well, if you can shoot that far, quarter of a mile straight
along the edge of my nose is a mountain buck. Shoot it."
"Have you ever been to Nacogdoches?"
"That's for scarin' me outa ten years of my
life, which I can't spare."
"That's good shootin'."
"That would cause me great annoyance and
displeasure."
"There's two reason to kill - survival and meat.
We need meat."
"You must figure I'm a reeaal dangerous
man."
"Now you understand. Anything goes wrong,
anything at all... your fault, my fault, nobody's fault... it don't
matter...I'm gonna blow your head off. It's as simple as that."
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Tom Doniphon (John Wayne) |
"Out here a man settles his own problems."
"I think you're bluffin'."
"You're awwwful pretty when you get mad."
"You better start packin' a handgun."
"You better listen."
"You talk too much, think too much." |
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True Grit (1969)
Marshall Reuben J. Rooster Cogburn |
"You are a lot of trouble."
"You do and it'll be the biggest mistake you
ever made you Texas brushpopper."
"Young fella, if you're lookin' for trouble I'll
accommodate ya."
"Fill your hand you &%#@!."
"I never shot nobody I didn't have to."
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McLintoch (1963)
George Washington McClintock
(John Wayne) |
"Don't say it's a fine morning or I'll shoot ya."
"I don't give jobs, I hire men."
"I may save you the trouble."
"Somebody oughta belt you in the mouth. But I
won't, I won't, the hell I won't."
"I give you my solemn word."
"I can't help this stupid look."
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Chisum (1970)
John Simpson Chisum
(John Wayne) |
"A black sheep in the family, no doubt."
"You two are gonna hang."
"He's a gutless wonder."
"I'm comin' to see you."
"Might be a pleasure."
"Well, I don't favor talkin' to vermin, but I'll
talk to you just this once."
"Well, we do exactly what we started out to
do."
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The Cowboys (1972)
Will Anderson (John Wayne) |
"I wouldn't make it a habit of calling me
that, son." |
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