Peter O'Toole Quotes
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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What's surprised me most about the demands of blogging - the relentlessness of it. 24-hour news cycle, every media imaginable right here in New York, totally fair game.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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You all look like happy campers to me. Happy campers you are, happy campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you will always be.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.
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I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
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The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
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The future of how the networks and studios deal with Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime Instant Video is certainly going to determine their future.
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Me not finishing school - in my head, I still have this insecurity when I'm talking to someone educated.
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Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul, Each choosing each through all the weary hours, And meeting strangely at one sudden goal, Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers, Into one beautiful and perfect whole; And life's long night is ended, and the way Lies open onward to eternal day.
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There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.
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The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.
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Most people in this country believe that the American Communist Party and its dupes are the chief internal enemy of our economic system and our form of government. This is a serious mistake.
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When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful.
