Peter O'Toole Quotes
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.
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I've had heartbreaking auditions where they don't even look at you. You're out before you're in.
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I used to rarely go on film sets, as I felt it was very boring to see the same shot being done so many times. I felt I had nothing to do. I used to irritate the cameramen.
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I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.
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It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.
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I can't even remember when I first went, 'I want to be an actress.' It's always been inside of me.
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The most important effects of Christianity went out from it without the intention of the Church, or even against its will.
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Vehicular traffic is completely forbidden in the green strips, where tranquility shall reign and the curse of noise shall not penetrate.
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I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now.
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Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
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Ah! Those strange people who have the courage to be unhappy! Are they unhappy, by the way?
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If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person to object. But if that is their mood, then they had better proceed toward their aim by changing the Constitution and not by forgetting it.
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I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.
