Peter Capaldi Quotes
'Strictly Sinatra' became a compromise between me and the producers, and neither of us liked the results much.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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The biggest influence? I've had several at different times – but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
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I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would come in for half an hour, and then the singers would come in and knock 'em out, and go on to the next one. I was the voice of Budweiser and Almond Joy.
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It's all about trying to be very careful about what your next role or what your next move is gonna be. It's all about trying to have longevity in this business and make smart choices.
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If ever I feel the soul within me elevate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect, it is when I contemplate the cause of my country, deserted by all the world beside, and I standing up boldly and lone and hurling defiance at her victorious oppressors.
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I had an instinctive feeling that the people who have little or no school training should have something coming into their homes weekly which dealt with their problems in a simple, helpful way... so I wrote in a plain, common-sense way on the things that concerned our people.
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I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.
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To end the pervasive culture of sexual harassment, it can no longer be the norm that men look the other way. It only ends when men actively participate in ending it.
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Being a conservative has given me clarity; it's given me freedom - my mind is free; therefore, my heart is lighter. And that's a gift from God that I believe we have an obligation to share with others.
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The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business.
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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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The most destructive criticism is indifference.
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Like most people in radio - and in magic - I'm not cool. I know people who are hip, and I can feel distance between them and me.
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Manmohan Singh is a wise, wonderful man.
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Turpe quidem dictu, sed, si modo vera fatemur,vulgus amicitias utilitate probat.
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To love the carnal self means to love the body-mind. I cannot abuse my body with alcohol, stress, and self-indulgence and still claim to love my self.
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Turn that thing off, its driving me mad!
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It would have been nice if the people who were criticising 'Civilizations' had actually watched it. But the popular response has been tremendous, and in the end, that's what really matters.
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In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.
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I just like hanging out, really. I'm not too hard to please.
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The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.
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California is responsible for selling, trading and distributing large amounts of shark fins that come from all over the world.
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'Strictly Sinatra' became a compromise between me and the producers, and neither of us liked the results much.
