Alex Pettyfer Quotes
I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old school acting. I love subtlety, and I also love being spontaneous, and that's really what works for me.
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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The one thing about going from the audience to the stage in just three years is that you know how it feels to be down there.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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One of my first favorite records was the debut Garbage album, which I heard when I was very young. Shirley Manson is a great female vocalist and performer and I admire her for that.
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The actors that I admire are able to step into so many different roles.
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Well, we all have murderous thoughts throughout the day, if not the week.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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It feels great to know that more people are finding work and gaining the experience, not to mention self-confidence, that they need.
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During the campaign [Donald Trump] talked about reaching out to African- American voters in particular. He talked about inner cities in a way that did offend some people. Lot of Democrats. Some African- Americans of saying what have you got to lose.
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After a while, you just want transportation, and things like cool cars or motorcycles are all about getting attention. I get all the attention I could ever need, so I kind of like being in a minivan and people not paying so much attention to me.
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Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.
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I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
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I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old school acting. I love subtlety, and I also love being spontaneous, and that's really what works for me.
