Maxine Peake Quotes
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When you consider the concept of vampirism, it is inherently part of a Western culture.
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So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.
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He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting.
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When you tell people you are a model, they have a very narrow view of who you are, and it's good to be able to say that it's not all that I am.
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I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today.
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Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom.
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When people say 'that's risky,' or when the odds are not in my favor, I'm more motivated than ever.
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Interviewing Rei Kawakubo in Tokyo and John Galliano in Paris, both for 'Pop' magazine, were huge for me, not just in learning about fashion and writing but about how little desire I had to be a critic/reporter/journalist/commentator so much as a kind of travel diarist.
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I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.
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I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat.
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Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by the Indian government anymore.
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Social media companies must work closely with the U.S. government to ensure their platforms are not being used by terrorist organizations to do harm to our country.
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I love overcoming challenges and fear.
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You are a particularly clever girl: almost as clever as you are appealing to the eye.
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Gentlemen, there is nothing sweeter than success, and you boys have got it!
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The object of all true Philosophy is to frame a system which shall comprehend human life under every aspect, social as well as individual. It embraces, therefore, the three kinds of phenomena of which our life consists, Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions.
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I want trade deals, but they have to be great for the United States and our workers. We don't make great deals anymore, but we will once I become president.
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Writing is essentially an internal process.
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We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.
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I grew up with that farm-to-table dining before it was sweeping the nation. I do think there's some value to really throwing yourself into food and embracing where it comes from.
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To me, one of the things I love about being an actor is that it's never done; it's never perfect, and so it's the process. It's like practicing being okay with things not being perfect and things being outside of your control.
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No light is brighter than wisdom. Wisdom is the light in the world.
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You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.
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What's wrong with wanting the best for everybody?
