Alex Pettyfer Quotes
I remember reading 'Disturbia,' one of the first scripts I ever got, and I go 'Pfft, who wants to make a movie about a guy in a house?'
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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The first time that I ever saw Babe Ruth was in the Boston Red Sox clubhouse.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all - the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.
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Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
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You don't particularly want to stay close to your ex-wife. Or why would she be your ex-wife?
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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If everything is the same, nothing is special.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.
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I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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I've been very fortunate to be part of projects that are really big and broad.
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Like a lot of people, I read 'The Diary of Anne Frank' again and again and again when I was growing up - I'm still completely felled by what an astounding book it is. And as a teenager, I did a lot of reading about concentration camps and the vast horrors of the war.
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The Democrats promised equalizing outcomes through unlimited federal assistance while Republicans offered something that seemed less tangible - the promise of equalizing opportunity through free markets.
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My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.
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I remember reading 'Disturbia,' one of the first scripts I ever got, and I go 'Pfft, who wants to make a movie about a guy in a house?'
