Peter O'Toole Quotes

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Jobs, Tombstone, Blood

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Beer, Paris, Enjoy

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Couple, Theatre, Lasts

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• There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

  Peter O'Toole

  Honor, Arabia, Thieves

  "Fictional character: T.E. Lawrence". "Lawrence of Arabia", www.imdb.com. 1962.

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• I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.

  Peter O'Toole

  Men, Ordinary, Extraordinary

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• The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.

  Peter O'Toole

  Exercise, Coffins, Behinds

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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….

  Peter O'Toole

  Dream, Opportunity, Men

  "Who's Who in America". Book by Dean Alfange, vol. 1, p. 42, 1984 - 85.

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• If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it.

  Peter O'Toole

  Ifs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Atheist, Simple, Talking

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Believe, Mind, Balance

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• For me, life has either been a wake or a wedding.

  Peter O'Toole

  Wedding

  "The Informer: Big freeze brings travel chaos" by Ros Taylor, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2003.

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• George Eliot is my only steady girlfriend. We go to bed together every night.

  Peter O'Toole

  Girlfriend, Night, Together

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Giving Up, Drinking, Bottles

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Book, Cutting, Artist

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• And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

  Peter O'Toole

  Dream, Hope, Vision

  "Fictional character: Miguel de Cervantes". "Man of La Mancha", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Sea, Rocks, Victory

  "Fictional character: Cornelius Flavius Silva". "Masada", www.imdb.com. 1981.

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• I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.

  Peter O'Toole

  Men, Common, Sand

  "Peter O'Toole, Whose Acclaim Began With 'Lawrence of Arabia,' Dies at 81" by Benedict Nightingale, www.nytimes.com. December 15, 2013.

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• Marriage is forever. It's like cement.

  Peter O'Toole

  Forever, Cement

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Husband, Home, Water

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There's a remedy for everything except death.

  Peter O'Toole

  Death, Dying, Remedy

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Hate, Moving, Weather

  "Peter O'Toole: Cheerful rebel". Interview with Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2007.

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• Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*.

  Peter O'Toole

  Food, Artist, Ego

  "Fictional character: Anton Ego". "Ratatouille", www.imdb.com. June 22, 2007.

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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.

  Peter O'Toole

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

  "Peter O'Toole, Star of 'Lawrence of Arabia,' Dead at 81" by Dean Schabner, abcnews.go.com. December 15, 2013.

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• What I like is bottomless flattery.

  Peter O'Toole

  Flattery

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• Booze is the most outrageous of drugs which is why I chose it.

  Peter O'Toole

  Drug, Booze, Outrageous

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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