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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.
John Wayne
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John Wayne
Age: 72 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 26
Died: 1979
Died: June 11
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Winterset
Iowa
Marion Mitchell Morrison
Marion Robert Morrison
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