Peter Capaldi Quotes
Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started.
Quotes to Explore
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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I am the guardian of power, not its owner.
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We are like a traveling circus, our family! We sing, we dance, we do football, we do fashion.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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Religious poetry, civic poetry, lyric or dramatic poetry are all categories of man's expression which are valid only if the endorsement of formal content is valid.
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I'd love to be a 'Bond' girl.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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I never want to have to ask my husband for money. Never! That's incomprehensible to me. Would he have preferred that I change my name? Probably. But that's OK!
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I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there's a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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I love hugging people. I still hug everybody in my meet-and-greet lines.
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Well, I don't give it out very often, but I reject the notion that you have to be a practitioner to give good advice.
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Photography, painting or poetry – those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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I wouldn't say I was a queen. Maybe a little elf.
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I began studying ribosomes as a postdoctoral fellow in Peter Moore's laboratory in 1978.
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If you don't want to part with belongings but still want to monetize them, then you can rent them out.
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People have mentioned, 'Maybe you should try to be more sexy. Look at how this butt stuff propelled this person to the top of the chart; it's amazing!' And I'm like, 'What if I really want to sing something to people?' I speak my mind. I want to be that person people feel they can listen to.
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If you're not willing to risk, there are no rewards.
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I've already begun to put pilot programs in place that give CUNY grads opportunities to get good tech jobs. We should expand on that so that New Yorkers are getting those jobs, because those jobs are probably one of the biggest 21st Century pathways into the middle class.
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Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started.
