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I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.

~John Wayne

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I'm not the sort to back away from a fight. I don't believe in shrinking from anything. It's not my speed; I'm a guy who meets adversities head on.

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When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I quickly got wise. I'd read about what had happened to Russia in 1917 when the Communists took over.

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I've loved reading all my life.

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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.

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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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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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In westerns, you meet a hardy bunch of characters. There is no jealousy on such pictures.

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Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.

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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 John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: May 26th, 1907

Died: June 11th, 1979

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