Maxine Peake Quotes
If I feel like if there's a few too many people on that path with me, then I want to jump off and find another one.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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It is absolutely unacceptable to think that in the last year of the president's term, that he should stop doing his job, and he won't.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
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I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.
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When people come up to me and say, 'You made it,' I think, 'But I'm not done yet. Not everyone's heard my music.' I want to be a household name.
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It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it.
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Unfortunately, some people go to a restaurant, and they aren't really there to enjoy themselves. They're there because they think they deserve to be there or because they can just afford it.
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Another year is fast approaching. Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get poetic finally. Volunteer. Suck it up and travel. You were not born here to work and pay taxes. You were put here to be part of a vast organism to explore and create. Stop putting it off. The world has much more to offer than what’s on 15 televisions at TGI Fridays. Take pictures. Scare people. Shake up the scene. Be the change you want to see in the world.
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My mom sent me to regular high school because she wanted me to have that experience and not say that I missed out, but I didn't like it at all. I'm more comfortable in the world that I'm in, I grew up in it so when I get around normal kids in regular high school I don't know what to do. I feel more secure in an adult environment.
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If I feel like if there's a few too many people on that path with me, then I want to jump off and find another one.
