Peter Capaldi Quotes

I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my parents couldn't have afforded it.

Peter Capaldi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 14, 1958

Topics

ArtSchoolParentsMeGoSystem

If feminism wasn't powerful, if feminism wasn't influential, people wouldn't spend so much time putting it down.

Jessica Valenti

TimePeoplePowerfulDownFeminism

I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western.

Jensen Ackles

LoveTexasOld-FashionedWould

You should always look for opportunities to test innovations on a subset of users if you can.

Jeff Jordan

OpportunitiesYouLookTestAlways

Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.

Stefan Sagmeister

WelcomeScreenAwayGetComputer

I try to be happy, but I'm never happy. I don't believe in happiness. I was happy yesterday, but today and tomorrow is a different story.

Sirio Maccioni

HappinessTodayHappyTomorrowStory

Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time.

Snoop Dogg

TimeBestLossYouDoneSometimes

Before replays, football telecasts were filled with dead spots... It really destroyed the momentum of the telecasts. Replays gave you something to show during the pauses. It seemed to make the game go faster.

Tony Verna

FootballGameMomentumYouGoDead

I used to feel that I had to be dictatorial in order to be respected, but after I did a couple of TV movies, I began to see that authority came with the job. So I began to relax and let more people into the process, and my work really improved.

Ron Howard

WorkJobPeopleRelaxProcessFeel

Most of my memories of the Sixties are ones of optimism, high spirits and confidence.

Mary Quant

ConfidenceMemoriesOptimismSixties

I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy to be Brian De Palma's apprentice director. And it was such a harrowing, disillusioning, awful experience.

Douglas Rushkoff

ExperienceDirectorArtsGotBonfire

Republicans have always talked about having a big tent, but it doesn't do any good if the tent doesn't have any chairs in it. Bringing Latinos to the forefront, bringing women in is absolutely critical.

Cory Gardner

GoodWomenAlwaysBigLatinosTent

Black churches have long been targets of white supremacists who burned and bombed them in an effort to terrorize the black communities those churches anchored. One of the most egregious terrorist acts in U.S. history was committed against a black church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963.

Anthea Butler

HistoryEffortBlackChurchLong

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