Peter O'Toole Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.”
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“I have no intention of uttering my last words on the stage. Room service and a couple of depraved young women will do me quite nicely for an exit.”
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“I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed… to refuse to barter incentive for a dole… I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence, the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopias….”
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“I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.”
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“The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.”
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“Many years ago I sent an old, beloved jacket to a cleaner, the Sycamore Cleaners. It was a leather jacket covered in Guinness and blood and marmalade, one of those jobs... and it came back with a little note pinned to it, and on the note it said, 'It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.' So that will do for me. That can go on my tombstone.”
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“I did quite enjoy the days when one went for a beer at one's local in Paris and woke up in Corsica.”
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“George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.”
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“There are only two things one has to bear in mind. One has to be credulous - able to believe - and skeptical - able to not believe, because if you are not skeptical, you will believe rubbish. If you are not credulous you will learn nothing and the only way to balance those two is to recognize the mystery of things.”
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“Question: How do you know you're God? Answer: Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself.”
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“I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.”
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“If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt.”
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“Everyone praises Sachin Tendulkar. He may be a genius in his own right but in my book, Rahul Dravid is the artist. Dravid's defence tactics, his strokes, his cuts, his grace are truly amazing. I'd like to meet the chap sometime and take my hat off to him.”
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“I can't stand light. I hate weather. My idea of heaven is moving from one smoke-filled room to another.”
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“And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.”
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“Irish women are always carrying water on their heads, and always carrying their husbands home from pubs. Such things are the greatest posture-builders in the world.”
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“A victory? What have we won? We've won a rock in the middle of a wasteland, on the shores of a poisoned sea.”
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“When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful.”
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“It was a mistake and I made the mistake because I was conservative and played safe. And that way lies failure." "Must do it... constantly go to the well... constantly try, try, try. Dare. Dare, Dare. Who dares wins.”
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“Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*.”
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“Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.”
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“If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.”
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“Being sober for so many years is getting interesting.”
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“There's a remedy for everything except death.”
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“I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you.”
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“For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding.”
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“I found him perhaps the least terrifying man I've ever met in the theater—because at first glance I could see through him and he could see through me, and he knew that I knew that he knew. Look, love, I've been bullied all my life by bigger experts than Larry Olivier, I can assure you, and he's just got to get in line.”
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“My professional acting life, stage and screen, has brought me public support, emotional fulfillment and material comfort. It has brought me together with fine people, good companions with whom I've shared the inevitable lot of all actors: flops and hits.”
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“I'm a professional and I'll do anything - a poetry reading, television, cinema, anything that allows me to act.”
-- Peter O'Toole
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