Maxine Peake Quotes
I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.
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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I never give advice unless someone asks me for it. One thing I've learned, and possibly the only advice I have to give, is to not be that person giving out unsolicited advice based on your own personal experience.
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What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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Life is going to unfold as it should because life always does.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
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Hyperrealism can create an atmosphere of surrealism because nobody sees the world in such detail.
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If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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When you're good at controlling your own emotions, you can disguise your true feelings. When you know what others are feeling, you can tug at their heartstrings and motivate them to act against their own best interests.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
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The Hamptons remind me of my childhood vacations. I love the beach, restaurants, and produce found on the East End.
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There's ego in all of us rugby players.
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We've got jihadists. That doesn't mean that all Muslims are problems with respect to terrorism, but there is something going on here. We've got a problem dealing with one aspect of one portion of modern Islam - just as hundreds of years ago the world had a problem with Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition.
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Please remember, no matter what you go through in life, somebody else might have it harder.
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We don't have too much ritual in our life anymore. And these life symbols which people rely on to keep their feeling of well being, that life is not too bad after all are required more and more.
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I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.
