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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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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We welcome Chinese investment in the United States with open arms.
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Of all forms of fiction, autobiography is the most gratuitous.
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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.
