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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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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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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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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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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Lying in the political sphere has gotten out of hand, and because people tend to dismiss things that challenge their preconceived notions of the world, fact checkers can only play a small part in remedying the problem.
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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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When women's parts are being written, they are more and more for under 30s who are nubile and beautiful. Actresses over 40 are finding very little happening.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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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 forget stuff. Guess I took a few too many punches.
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The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.
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Most real failures are due to limitations which men set up in their own minds.
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Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.
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I love working with young people, which is to me a big kick.
