Peter O'Toole Quotes
We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.
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Power is the by-product of understanding.
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I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.
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It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. But I think that if you don't recognize both, you risk being heartless or condescending, and often both.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds.
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I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.
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I like to control my own personal life.
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For NASA, space is still a high priority.
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In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And there's this strange thing: you're never sort of hidden; you always feel exposed in that landscape. But it makes it very beautiful as well.
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While it is often true that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, it seems like Yahoo's almost obsessive focus on Google is taking away from its other businesses.
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I've always loved War's Low Rider and Sly Stone's Thank You, and I just wanted to put my take on them.
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I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.
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I can handle the craziness some of the time, maybe most of the time. But I know I can't handle it all of the time.
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Remember travel agents? Remember how they just kind of vanished one day? Well, that's where all the other jobs that once made us middle class are going, to that same magical, class-killing, job-sucking wormhole into which travel agency jobs vanished, never to return.
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I love to travel but hate traffic and planes. I wish I could just beam myself anywhere instantly.
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Small businesses, you can give them capital, but what they often need as much is mentoring, advice and help with their business plan.
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I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.
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We were doing it under the most extraordinary circumstances, but the first out of the tent in the morning would be David Lean. He said to me on the very first day of shooting, Pete, this is the beginning of a great adventure.
