Peter Capaldi Quotes
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
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My parents didn't agree with what was going on, you know, with the communists coming in, Fidel Castro. I didn't see the reason why I needed to go back there and be a part of that exhibition.
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One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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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 pack on mass quickly when I lift.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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The new Disney cartoon 'Bambi' is interesting because it's the first one that's been entirely unpleasant.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
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I have always been a strong champion for New Hampshire's environment.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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For economist the real world is often a special case.
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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
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I never worked less than 16-hour days on South Beach.
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What is the world coming to?
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I think that's what makes characters interesting - when you paint a person into a corner, and you see what they do to get out of that corner. It's what makes drama drama.
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'Peter Pan' makes 'Black Watch' and 'The Bacchae' look like a walk in the park.
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Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.
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What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
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My elder sister used to get the fashion magazines, and I would go through them and find things I liked and buy fabric and copy them. But I hated what I looked like. I mean, I was sooo skinny.
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I think the whole spoiler thing has taken over the media.
