Peter O'Toole Quotes
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.
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I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
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The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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I think when you're a TV presenter, you have to have a reason for doing it, and a lot of them have been around a long time and grafted for that. The reason why it works with me on 'The Xtra Factor' is because I was a contestant on it, and I have a relationship with the viewers at home.
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Even as I was writing 'Empire State,' I knew there were more adventures for the main character, private detective Rad Bradley, to have. I also knew that the world was far larger than what I'd presented in book one.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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I've played many characters that have consumed me and owned me.
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Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.
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I don't think you can ease yourself into theater. I just thrust myself into it.
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The lighthearted moments of 'Girls' are really not speckled throughout and that to me is just super exciting, to be able to delve into the darkness that you are greeted with in your early 20s and the fear and what that makes you do, the places that you can potentially go with that.
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Sometimes, an afternoon spent in bed with someone can be the most important thing in the universe.
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Part of the reason why people get radicalized is because they feel they are disenfranchised; that they not there; that they are bullied. But if they are represented, they can't go and say to themselves: 'Oh, this society hates us!'
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A powerful enough metaphor grows its own truth.
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Every family has that secret. Every family has that thing where you go, 'Shhh, shhh, shhh.'
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If you want to help someone - get yourself together
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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Jesus' life as a foot-washing servant would eventually lead to the adoption of humility as a widely admired virtue.
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George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.
