Maxine Peake Quotes
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Benches and books have things in common beyond the fact that they're generally to do with sitting. Both are forms of public privacy, intimate spaces widely shared.
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I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.
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Things have changed a lot since the earth was cooling and I was a teenage girl, but the basics of teenage bedrooms have remained the same. Every girl wants a place that they are proud to call their own and where they can express their own individuality.
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I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of investments and then make 1,000X or 10,000X on an investment.
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We know that genes shape human cultures and human societies: The DNA we inherited from our ancestors makes certain foods taste better, affects the way we care for children, influences what colors we find vibrant, and contributes to our love of socializing, among other examples.
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There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.
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Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
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I hate touchy-feely things.
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I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed.
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The great man of science, unless he is also a philosopher, … deserves the title of genius as little as the man of action.
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All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning. You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning
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All the truth of my position came flashing on me; and its disappointments, dangers, disgraces, consequences of all kinds, rushed in in such a multitude that I was borne down by them and had to struggle for every breath I drew.
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'When I was a child I dreamed of adventure, glory, honor in feats of arms. I think now that these things are shadows.''If you see them as shadows then you see them for what they are,' Annlaw agreed. 'Many have pursued honor, and in the pursuit lost more of it than ever they could gain.'
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I find that if I don't have enough physical activity in life, I don't do as well with anything else in my life. It's stress relief; it's good health. It's fun. It's alone time, for the most part.
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Although I'm Australian, I find myself much more in sympathy with the Austrian version!
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My copy of 'Night' is dog-eared. The pages are filled with plastic colored 'flags' that are blue, green, purple, and yellow. Vocabulary is in the margins; phrases and sentences are underlined, some with pencil, and some with pen. Many words are circled.
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For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave.
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In the silence of our hearts, God speaks of His love; with our silence, we allow Jesus to love us.
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If our kids were hungry, we'd step into slavery.
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I've never considered myself as a legend - just a simple man with heart.
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A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.
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I think, as a woman, you've got to make so many sacrifices.
